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Crossed Paws Pet Rescue Dog Rescue & Nonprofit in Polk County, FL. All donations are tax-deductible! we are by appt and approved application

01/11/2026

LEGEND UPDATE 10/31 7pm:

Legend is HOME 🙌🙌🙌🙌 He wanted to tell everyone thank you, so please watch the video from Legend himself.

We cannot thank you all enough for donating for his overnight hospitalization at VHA. We believe that we caught it early enough and got the antibody in him so fast that we got ahead of the dangerous side effects of Parvo. We could not have saved him without all of you.

We will continue to post updates, and once we have the final bill from VHA, any donations received above the total bill will go directly towards our new quarantine room at the adoption center so that we can continue to save dogs like Legend. A quarantine room will be vital for parvo puppies and ones that come in with other highly transmissible diseases.

Thank you all ❤️🐾

I want to thank everyone of you,for all you did to help us save LEGEND he made it home for Halloween and to wear his cos...
31/10/2026

I want to thank everyone of you,for all you did to help us save LEGEND he made it home for Halloween and to wear his costume . It doesn’t get any better than this . I ant love yall enough . It’s been a long 14 weeks with this little guy . He is a fighter . And he’s happy to be home he is just a playing now the antibodies is the best thing they could have came out with . And to VHA YOU NEVER DISAPPOINT YOUR ABILITY TO GIVE AMAZING CARE THANK YOU

💔 When we tell you we CANNOT make this stuff up…We were headed home to go trick-or-treating with the kids. Or so we thou...
31/10/2026

💔 When we tell you we CANNOT make this stuff up…

We were headed home to go trick-or-treating with the kids. Or so we thought.

Then we got a call about a dog TIED TO A GATE down SR 630 in Fort Meade. Literally in the middle of NOWHERE. Not a single house for miles.

We dropped everything and headed straight to her.

When we arrived, we met the family who found her and an awesome Polk County sheriff’s deputy who was just as upset as we were. He told us he hoped she was microchipped so he could identify and arrest the person who did this. We can only hope whoever is responsible is held accountable.

We get calls about dumped dogs every single day. But when someone tells you a dog is TIED to a gate in a place like this, your stomach drops.

No food. No water. Barely a foot of room to move.

She couldn’t go looking for water or wander toward someone’s house for help. She was stuck there, completely dependent on somebody noticing her and stopping.

This isn’t an area with heavy traffic. We have absolutely no idea how long she had been there. Thankfully, this family saw her. 💔

And this girl? She’s young, appears healthy, and has been absolutely fantastic with people. She’s beyond playful, and she is STUNNING. A beautiful retriever mix whose introduction to us was being untied from a gate someone left her attached to.

Make it make sense.

🐾 Crossed Paws is beyond full. We quite literally have NO open kennels and NO available fosters. We’ve already gotten creative with the limited space we have while we work to get our adoption center open.

But we couldn’t leave her there. We just couldn’t.

She came with us, and she is safe tonight.

Thank you to the family who stopped and made sure she got help, and to the deputy who cared about what happened to her. We are so grateful you were there. 💙

Please share. If you recognize her or have information about how she ended up there, please contact us.

There is NO excuse for tying a dog to a gate in the middle of nowhere and driving away.

This Halloween has been haunting for sure 🎃👻On top of the emergency with Legend, three more dogs have found their way to...
31/10/2026

This Halloween has been haunting for sure 🎃👻

On top of the emergency with Legend, three more dogs have found their way to Crossed Paws.

👻 Ghost was seen running the streets with what appears to be a broken or fractured leg. Stefanie was at VHA and not far from ghost, so she rushed to help. After nearly an hour and an adventure that ended in the woods, she was able to catch him and carry him out.

🍫Reese was abandoned on the front porch of a home when the previous owners moved out, and if you can’t tell this girl has had a few too many peanut butter cups 😉. She also has a severely infected nose, and several other health issues going on.
UPDATE: We are transferring Reese to Ziggy’s legacy tomorrow!

👑 Bella was brought to us about an hour before the emergency with Legend, and if you’ve seen her foster Melinda’s post, you know just how poor her health is. She has nearly every healthy issue you can image, and probably a few more.

🚨🎃 As we write this, we are headed to rescue a dog tied to a pole 🙃 please pray for us this Halloween 🎃

12:40pm update on Legend ❤️🐾: Legend is still stable, and luckily he is not showing any signs of the Parvo progressing. ...
31/10/2026

12:40pm update on Legend ❤️🐾:

Legend is still stable, and luckily he is not showing any signs of the Parvo progressing. He got the antibody injection very early and we believe we caught it in time.

Please keep legend in your thoughts today, as we all know that when it comes to Parvo you just never know minute to minute.

We have received $4,886.60 in donations towards his $6,000 vet bill. This will allow Legend to remain closely monitored and on IV fluids/meds as needed the rest of the day today. We will likely be able to take him home this evening.

If you are able to donate towards the remaining $1,113.40 for his hospitalization, please use the link below or call VHA directly at 863-324-3340 🙏🐾

To donate online: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/crossedpawsdonations/info/legend

After everything that has taken place in the last 24 hours, we’d love to see all of your pets in their Halloween costume...
31/10/2026

After everything that has taken place in the last 24 hours, we’d love to see all of your pets in their Halloween costumes today 🎃👻🐾

Please share their pictures in the comments! We will start with BenToby as Dracula. This was shared from one of our adopters who gave BenToby a forever home in April of this year.

We can’t wait to see everyone’s costumes!

31/10/2026

In literally slept in the VHA parking lot .

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