Canela is an amazing story of a community dog with a strong will to live.  She was brought in from the city workers after they found her brutally attacked by a pack of feral dogs at the city land fill.  She looked like a dog that had been torn apart from this attack, with huge open wounds all over her body. Canela was one of our previous street dogs that had been sterilized and vaccinated and returned to our community as a free-roaming dog. 

The team at Amici Cannis already knew Canela and adored her, they knew they had to do anything necessary to save her life!  Using donations from the emergency care fund that we call ‘The Rascal Fund’, they immediately started intensive care treatments as well as giving her tons of attention and love.  Everyone knew her rehabilitation would be a long haul but the dedicated staff at Amici Cannis was committed to her recovery.

As the days and weeks passed, Canela’s open wounds began to heal, and her sweet personality came alive.  After a month of being cared for at Amici Cannis, when Canela was more stable, a volunteer from the hospital offered to foster her at home.  Canela was welcomed into the first home she had ever known with a new soft pet bed, toys, and treats.  Canela will have a complete recovery and now is known throughout Cotacachi and is greeted with loving hellos from the community who knows her miraculous story!