Theresa Strader – National Mill Dog Rescue

Theresa loves dogs and in February of 2007 she got an email asking her to help save 500 Italian greyhounds (her favorite breed). That email changed her life. She drove 800 miles, intending to adopt 2 or 3 dogs from a Missouri puppy mill auction but walked away with 13 because she couldn't bear to leave them behind. The condition of the dogs and horrors she saw at the auction there broke her heart and made her fiercely determined to help other dogs escape those conditions. She started an organization that rescues puppy mill dogs and provides them the dental and medical care they desperately need,  offers trainers and volunteers to socialize the dogs and then place them in loving “forever” homes. To date, nearly 7,000 dogs have been saved from lives full of suffering by her organization, National Mill Dog Rescue. https://soundcloud.com/etown-3/echievement-award-theresa-strader