06/17/2026
📣📣UPDATE ON THE PUPPY FROM THIS MORNING:
He is safe.
He is back at Mac’s Mission.
He has a name.
Everyone, meet Ducky Von Steven.
And friends, Ducky is a full-blown disaster with a tail that has apparently never received the memo to slow down.
He has Demodex mange.
He has roundworms.
He has secondary skin infections.
He had 20+ ticks on his tiny body.
His skin is angry. His body is tired. His little system is carrying more than any puppy should ever have to carry.
And yet?
He is literally one of the sweetest puppies you will ever meet.
He never stops wagging his tail.
Not at the vet. Not after being picked up. Not after being poked, checked, cleaned up, and started on the long road back to healthy.
This baby has every reason to be scared of the world, and instead he is standing there wagging like he just got invited to the best party of his life. ...and treats are LIFE!
Ducky Von Steven is now settled in at the Mission. He has started his medications. He has food, warmth, safety, and a nice soft bed that may very well be the first real soft bed he has ever had. That part wrecks me a little.
Because this is what your donations do.
Your donations are why we can jump off the cliff with an unknown landing.
We do not always know what we are getting into. We do not always know how bad the medical will be. We do not always know how many meds, vet visits, baths, skin treatments, dewormers, antibiotics, preventatives, or sleepless nights it will take.
But because of you, that landing becomes possible. Because of you, a puppy like Ducky does not have to stay lost, sick, itchy, infected, covered in ticks, and hurting on the side of nowhere. Because of you, the answer can be yes.
A handful of local people looked for him.
A handful of people found him.
A handful of people moved fast enough to get him to help.
And now all of us get to be part of lifting him the rest of the way.
Ducky Von Steven is safe this afternoon.
And his happily ever after started because people cared enough to act.
Please keep donating if you can. Please keep sharing if you can’t. This little duckling has a long road ahead, but today, he is no longer alone. 🐾🖤
Narwhal, the sprinkle worked!