When we found Gracie, She was a brand new mommy who was malnourished, alone, and facing euthanasia. She had 9 puppies that she was caring for, who were only 2 days old, and she and her puppies were out of time. We pulled her and her litter from the Childress pound and they became our very first fosters. We had Gracie for 3 months to the day and with some love she grew from 40 to 83 pounds! We fell in love with her immediately and just knew that we would adopt her. Our hearts were full! However, God had other plans for Gracie. We took Her in to get spayed and everything seemed to go alright...we picked her up from the vet, brought her home to rest, and our sweet Gracie passed away that night.. We never understood what happened to make our Gracie leave us unexpectedly. We adopted out 7 of her puppies and ended up adopting the other two so that a part of Gracie would always be with us.