jenny

tawana Couch calls herself a “fulltime dog rescuer.”the Oak Cliff resident founded the Society for Companion Animals, which this year has rescued about 150 dogs from the city pound and off the streets. One of those was Jenny, a border collie/Australian shepherd mix. Another volunteer had adopted Jenny, who had a mean case of kennel cough, and she asked Couch to care for the dog while she went on vacation. “In the meantime, Jenny gets worse, and it turns out she has distemper,” Couch says. “most of the time, that’s fatal in dogs, but we pulled her through.” After that, Jenny came down with mange and lost all the hair around her face. Later, a cut on Jenny’s leg became seriously infected. “So it was like nonstop, ‘Is she going to make it?’ ” Considering all of the dog’s medical complications, and Couch’s experience with sick dogs, the volunteer asked Couch if she would take Jenny. Once the dog’s health problems cleared up, Couch started taking Jenny to one-on-one and group training, in which she has excelled. “She’s a sweet, special dog, and she got to my heart,” Couch says. Find more information about the Society for Companion Animals at theanimalrescuer.com.