The house was supposed to be empty. That’s what the bank rep told me. “Just a standard foreclosure,” he said over the phone. “The previous owners bailed two months ago. Some junk left behind, maybe a mattress or two. Shouldn’t take you more than a day.” I’d done this kind of job before. I’m not a fancy contractor or anything—just a guy with a truck, a crowbar, and a strong back. Sometimes the houses are disgusting, sometimes you find weird stuff. Once, I found a stash of vintage comics worth a few thousand bucks. But mostly, it’s old junk and mold. This place was a single-story on the edge of town. Paint peeling off the siding, front lawn nothing but weeds and cigarette butts. The lockbox on the door was jammed, so I had to shoulder it open. As soon as I stepped inside, I felt it. It wasn’t just the smell—though that was bad enough. Stale air, mildew, and something underneath that reminded me of a vet’s office gone wrong. No birds chirping outside. No hum of appliances. Just this...
Sick Puppy Abandoned in Winter Weather Is Nursed Back to Health and Gets a New Name Inspired by a Tough NFL Team
Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society found the puppy curled up outside one of its buildings in January and feared the canine was dead at first A sick puppy abandoned outside a Michigan animal adoption center has been given a new lease on life — and a new name honoring her home state’s NFL team. According to a Jan. 6 Facebook post from the Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society (GPAAS) in Harper Woods, Mich., the dog, identified as a 6-month-old female, “was abandoned at the front door of our new APF building. It was found this morning on just a blanket. By its condition, we think it was there most of the night in the cold.” “I saw what I thought was a deceased dog curled up in a little ball in the entranceway of the building,” Corinne Martin, president of the nonprofit, recalled to ABC affiliate WXYZ. Regarding the animal’s physical condition, GPAAS noted in the aforementioned Facebook post that the dog was “covered in blood and couldn’t stand up bec...