Camila Rescue - Help Needed!

What a heart-breaking couple of days! As Bryan, Cathy, and I rumbled along the bumpy mountain roads in Mexico in our truck on the way to Cerocauhi, we came across a horrific sight. A man was riding his horse quickly down the road with a little black puppy being dragged by a noose behind the horse. The poor puppy's tongue and mouth were blue and she was foaming at the mouth from asphyxiation and exhaustion while she tried her best to stay out from under the horse's feet. We stopped the truck, and Cathy told the man to stop and pointed at the puppy and said that the dog was dying. The poor thing was barely breathing! The man just laughed and kept on riding! So we got back in the truck and Bryan drove ahead of the man and blocked the road to stop him. Cathy and I jumped out this time and told him that he was killing the puppy – and he smiled and laughed! Cathy grabbed the puppy, took the noose off from around her neck, and told the man, "I want this dog. This dog is mine." We got back in the truck with the puppy and drove away.

At this point, we hadn't considered that we were now stuck with a puppy in Mexico … all we knew is that the puppy had been minutes from death and we had to save her. Once we started assessing the puppy she seemed even worse off – barely breathing, in a total state of shock, skin and bones, and petrified. After driving a little while, we stopped at a creek so she could have a drink, but she didn't even open her mouth and she kept cowering from us; she seemed so close to death. When we got to the nearest town, we looked everywhere for a veterinarian, but the locals said there wasn't one. We drove on to the next town, Cerocauhi, and searched for a veterinarian and a place to stay the night. Not only did we find a cheap place to stay, but after telling the owner about the dog and asking her questions, she told us her son was a veterinarian! What luck!!

By now the puppy had perked up a bit, and we'd fed her a small amount of kibble and water, which she quickly gobbled up like she'd never eaten before! A little girl from the owner's family named the puppy 'Camila'. We gave Camila a bath with shampoo and the family loaned us a towel to use. We were told to find the veterinarian later in the day, so we headed out into the field to study rocks for the afternoon as planned, with our little field-puppy, Camila. Throughout the afternoon, Camila perked up even more, playing a little with us, cuddling, and just being a plain-old good dog! After returning from the field in the evening, we met Noberto the veterinarian, who gave Camila her rabies and distemper vaccinations, as well as medicine for her intestinal parasites.

We tried searching for a family for Camila in Cerocauhi, but to no avail. We brought Camila out into the field all day with us today and she's a completely different dog than the one we rescued yesterday – she's a happy and loving dog. She's already housebroken and waits until she's out of the truck/apartment to do her business outside, and she follows us wherever we go! She's a mellow puppy, well-behaved, and I've already taught her to fetch a stick. Tonight we arrived back in Temoris and can't find anyone who will take care of her here … and the local veterinarian says we can't take her back to the U.S. Does anyone know how we could get Camila to the U.S. to find her a home there? What is the process and what papers do we need? We really need some help!