twelve dogs found abandoned<\/a> last week at Taylor Park in Largo are showing signs of recovery after days of around-the-clock medical care, according to the rescue and veterinary team treating them.<\/p>\nThe purebred Shiba Inus, nine puppies and two adult females, were discovered inside a plastic storage tub at the park. Rescuers say the animals were extremely sick when they were found and suffering from parvovirus, a highly contagious and often deadly disease.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey literally were on death\u2019s doorstep,\u201d said Jamie McKnight, who runs Pawlicious Poochie Pet Rescue.<\/p>\n
After several days of intensive treatment, including IV fluids and medications, eleven of the dogs are now considered out of immediate danger. Even so, McKnight said their recovery is ongoing.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone is still on a lot of medications, it\u2019s still around-the-clock care,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
One puppy, named Frosty, remains in critical condition. Frosty was found two days later than the others, and McKnight said his condition continues to fluctuate.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s still minute by minute,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Veterinarians also discovered Wednesday that Frosty has a severely broken leg, an injury that cannot be addressed until he stabilizes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re doing everything we can,” McKnight said. “Whatever it takes to save him, that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing.”<\/p>\n
Pawlicious Poochie Pet Rescue partnered with Skyway Animal Hospital to take in all twelve dogs. Their story has gained attention on social media, helping raise donations to support treatment expected to cost tens of thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone\u2019s just really invested in making sure these dogs survive,\u201d McKnight said. \u201cI think it\u2019s so beautiful to see in today\u2019s world that everyone came together to help these dogs survive.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Frosty\u2019s condition remains uncertain and the other dogs still face weeks of recovery, rescuers say their goal now extends beyond survival \u2014 toward eventual adoption into permanent homes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the fuel you need to keep going,\u201d McKnight said. \u201cThat\u2019s why you do it, to see the puppies playing and peace over their face because they\u2019re well taken care of now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Largo police are still searching for the people responsible for dumping the dogs at the park. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Largo Police Department\u2019s non-emergency number.<\/p>\n
Donations to help cover the dogs\u2019 medical care can be made directly to Skyway Animal Hospital or to Pawlicious Poochie Pet Rescue here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Twelve dogs dumped at Taylor Park are recovering after days of intensive care, but one puppy is still…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-95466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}