They were two lost souls in need of a true friend. Jonny Hickey was an eight-year-old boy with autism who didn't speak much at all. Xena was an emaciated, abused puppy who was so far gone that her rescuers doubted she would make it.
Then Jonny and Xena's paths crossed, and they changed each other's lives forever.
Diagnosed with autism at an early age, Jonny was comfortable around his family members, but social interactions with strange people and in new environments caused him to react in terror and withdraw into silence.
An officer rescued Xena after she collapsed in a backyard in Georgia. The puppy weighed four pounds, and her condition horrified the employees of the Dekalb Animal Services.
“I’ve been doing rescue probably for about 12 years, and I had never seen a dog that young in that sort of condition,” said Chrissy Kaczynski, the founding member of Canine Caravan Rescue, formerly Friends of Dekalb Animals rescue organization. “I brought her home with me and I didn’t think she’d make it through the night.”
Sandra Norris
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God did have a plan. Bless your family and your new family member.
DeeAnn Galeon
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So great a boy and dog connect so well!
Judi Donnelly Scott
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God bless them both
Pamela Forster
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♡♡
Ingrid Brabans
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Blij dat die nieuwe thuis heeft gekregen en zo elkaar kunnen helpen en genieten
Carol Kelly
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Beautiful story.
Riogirl Simoes
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Thank God the story had a happy ending.
Karin Clark
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Oh what a relief! The dog turned out beautiful! Great for the boy!
Trish Gann
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This story made me cry…with a wonderful ending
Irene Mayumi
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amazing
Thomas J. Scirocco Jr.
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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!.
Sharon Yuan
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No good
Siti Noor
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Poor and beautiful dog I hope the dog still a life and happy together ❤❤
Doreen Rodenberg
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Thank you for saving this beautiful babie!
Mhars Capanan
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Thank you for saving
Kylie Zarb
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How horrible this poor dog it just breaks my heart why the hell are people so evil and cruel
Jane Toor Dunfey
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This poor dog needed that little boy just as much as that little boy needed the dog!! So glad they found each other!!!