{"id":59123,"date":"2025-05-16T08:06:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T08:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=59123"},"modified":"2025-05-16T08:06:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T08:06:54","slug":"freezing-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=59123","title":{"rendered":"Freezing Dog?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"574\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000012406-574x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000012406-574x1024.jpg 574w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000012406-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000012406.jpg 717w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>His face just looked so relieved \u2026\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone in St. Louis, Missouri, was buckling down last month as they prepared for oncoming record-breaking low temperatures and a storm that promised to be brutal. But one St. Louis resident had nowhere to go \u2014 a brown and white dog named Mac, limping around the icy suburbs, looking for help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately, Mac walked past Alisha Vianello\u2019s car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy heart immediately sank,\u201d Vianello, the executive director of Gateway Pet Guardians, told The Dodo. \u201cI knew that if we didn\u2019t help him, he would absolutely die in the below-freezing temperatures.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000012407.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000012407.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000012407-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000012407-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Vianello and fellow Gateway Pet Guardians staff member Jill Henke quickly pulled over and began to make a game plan for helping Mac. But it turns out they didn\u2019t have to think of anything elaborate. It wasn\u2019t long before the sweet dog ran over, instantly trusting them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe has the most beautiful eyes, and his face just looked so relieved,\u201d Vianello said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"574\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000012406-1-574x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000012406-1-574x1024.jpg 574w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000012406-1-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000012406-1.jpg 717w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Vianello and Henke noticed that Mac was limping. Careful not to hurt his bad leg, they gently lifted him into their car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe was so loving and trusting and seemed so grateful to get out of the cold,\u201d Vianello said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000012408.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000012408.jpg 792w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000012408-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000012408-768x662.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Vianello posted a video of Mac\u2019s rescue here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once at the shelter, a veterinarian assessed Mac for injuries and gave the pup antibiotics and pain medication for his bad leg. Afterward, Mac got a big meal, but the loving dog couldn\u2019t decide between snacking or snuggling \u2014 so he did both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe would stop between bites of food to come back to me for snuggles,\u201d Vianello said. \u201cHe was so hungry but also so eager for love and attention.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000012409.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000012409.jpg 792w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000012409-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000012409-768x663.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mac is currently waiting to find his permanent family and is available for adoption through Gateway Pet Guardians. Vianello is positive that Mac would make a perfect addition to anyone\u2019s life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMac\u2019s personality is pure sugar,\u201d Vianello said. \u201cHe\u2019s an amazingly resilient pup.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHis face just looked so relieved \u2026\u201d Everyone in St. Louis, Missouri, was buckling down last month as they prepared for oncoming record-breaking low temperatures and a&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59123"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59131,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59123\/revisions\/59131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}