After her owner was deported, Josephine, also known as “Pheenie,” the dog, was left behind. In a junkyard, she sought shelter behind a shipping container from the heat and rain. She was left alone for nine years, subsisting on leftovers and crumbs from the community. But time eventually caught up with her.

Due to the ongoing stress and neglect, Pheenie’s health had gotten worse by the time she was an old dog. She had lost her right eye after being struck by a truck, developed worsening dental problems, a urinary tract infection, numerous agonizing breast tumors, and a spinal cord infection.

This terrible film follows the Hope For Paws volunteers as they make an effort to save Pheenie from her lonely situation. Pheenie gradually came to the realization that someone had come to save her in her old age despite the challenging nature of the surgery. She gave her rescuers a tight hug while sporting a desolate expression.

Pheenie was placed in a long-term foster care program to accommodate her growing medical needs. She spent five lovely months living on the vast farm of her foster home, where she was happy, pampered, and carefree until she died of old age. 

Despite Pheenie’s tragic life of destitution and isolation, she was surrounded by unceasing love during her final days. Let Pheenie rest in peace.

Watch the video below to see Pheenie’s harrowing rescue from the junkyard and her comfortable final days in foster care: