The sadness in the eyes of this beat-up little guy on the corgi listserve made me tear up:

Help Jared!
Apparently Jared was involved in some sort of dog fight. :(

Here is the text from his bio:

Poor Jared was a puppymill production line worker. Apparently the
mill he came from was one of the worst. It was raided, Jared was
seized, and he landed in the shelter with some serious injuries.

Jared, who probably had no name at all in the mill but was given his
name at the shelter, will need surgery to repair his nose and his
eye, and I suspect they’ll need to work on his ear, too.

In addition, he has come down with kennel cough.

You can read more about Jared, and find out how to donate to help him and other corgis in need here:
Jared’s CorgiAid Page

Corgi Aid is a truly phenomenal organization. They helped Linus with some of the massive dental surgery he needed before we adopted him. For those of you interested, you can see Linus’ Petfinder Rescue Page here:

I was browsing Petfinder one evening as Earl and I lay in bed, and of course was searching corgis. I saw Auggie (now Linus) and said out loud to Earl, “he’s our guy!” I filled out the adoption application on the spot that night, rounded up our references, and after we were approved to adopt him we drove down to West Virginia from NYC to get him that very weekend. If you’re interested in the day we went and adopted Linus, you can read about it here:
The Day We Got Linus

Here is hoping Jared heals up quickly and is able to find a home with heaps of love.