08/27/2026
If Ritz had a View-Master of his journey, it would look a little something like this. š¤
Born with hip dysplasia and suspected cerebellar hypoplasia, Ritz had been living for years with untreated medical needs. After he was found as a stray and his owner was located but didnāt want him back, we knew his story couldnāt end there.
Ritz immediately received the hip surgery and physical therapy he so desperately needed, and since then, heās made more progress than we ever imagined possible.
While heāll always have his own way of getting around, it will never stop him from living life to the absolute fullest.
But, as everyone in animal rescue knows, finding adopters for special needs dogs is hard.
So we thought maybe if you saw Ritzās journey, youād see just a glimpse of what we see. Youād see how much heās overcome. How much love he brings into every room. And how much joy he finds in simply being *here.*
And maybe youād see that a dog who needs just a little extra can give you more than you ever imagined. Maybe you werenāt exactly ālookingā for a special-needs dog. You were just looking for Ritz.
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