It takes a big heart to run a residential dog rescue, but it takes an even bigger one to welcome the injured, broken and overlooked. Jinger Gordon, founder of Beach Paw Dog Rescue in Apollo Beach, has such a heart.
“Their stories are just heartbreaking,” she said. “They been dumped by the roadside, hit by cars, abused or neglected. And some are simply surrendered.”
Among her recent rescues are an emaciated great Dane abandoned in a locked home, a 3-year-old schnauzer mix suffering from a head injury and a paralyzed mini doodle with a spinal injury who was found dumped on a Plant City roadside. The latter couldn’t walk when Gordon initially took him in, so she got him a full-support chair to help build up his hind muscles. He’s now able to walk on his own…