This courageous girl had been tied to a tow chain and forced to mother several litters of puppies in deplorable conditions when she was picked up in a drug raid in Newburg, NY in 2006.  Riddled with heartworm, suffering from curable but untreated cancer, a torn-off ear and chronic ear infections Grace suffered a lot even after being rescued by police. At first nobody could adopt her because she was being held as a cruelty case.  Then nobody seemed to want the courageous survivor whose scarred body and ragged ear bore testimony to all that she had suffered. 

For two years, Grace was moved from shelter to shelter and she barely escaped euthanasia each time.  Even though nobody seemed to want to adopt the pathetic little dog with a broken ear and crooked legs, volunteers always seemed to see something special in Grace. One particular volunteer actually spent her evenings with her sipping wine and feeding her treats.  Finally at a Dutchess County, NY shelter she came to the attention of Merle Borenstein, owner of Kingston’s Armadillo Restaurant and champion of pit bulls and homeless dogs everywhere.  Recognizing Grace’s pathetic plight, Merle called OOTP president Cyd Cross.