Forgotten Dog Melted Pistons Coach Stan Van Gundy's Heart: Patch PM

METRO DETROIT, MI — In April, Eastwood, a partially blind Labrador with a bum leg, melted a lot of hearts, including those of Detroit Pistons Coach Stan Van Gundy and his family. Forty-nine dogs and cats were adopted during the Little Traverse Bay Humane Society’s “empty the shelter” event during the week ending April 29, but Eastwood, with his potentially sky-high veterinary bills, was left behind.

The shelter took in Eastwood after finding him shivering in the cold. His vision was reduced but is improving, and a genetic problem that causes him to drag his back leg a bit will have to be watched as he grows older. No one wanted a special needs dog, it seemed. Read the rest of the story here.

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