Girl Scouts to Showcase Adoptable Dogs at Market

A local junior Girl Scout Troop is partnering with a newly-established animal rescue organization in the area to help dogs in need find new homes.

Troop 8429–which includes a number of Saucon Valley fourth and fifth-graders–will have a booth at the Saucon Valley Farmers’ Market this Sunday, May 31, in partnership with Coopersburg-based Logan’s Heroes Animal Rescue.

According to the Logan’s Heroes Facebook page, the group’s mission is to “rehabilitate homeless, neglected or abused animals and place them into life long homes.”

Maia Merriman, a Saucon Valley Elementary School student and member of Troop 8429, explained that at the booth they will have both adoptable dogs and photos of dogs in need of new homes.

“Logan’s Heroes Animal Rescue Inc. began in December of 2014 to honor the spirit of a young German Shepherd puppy and all those that dedicated or even lost their lives to help our country be what it is today,” according to the About Us page on the organization’s website.

It explains that:

Logan was a German Shepherd puppy that was bred to become everyone’s “puppy in the window” dream and would have been the perfect pet store puppy, except he had a congenital defect known as mega esophagus. This prevented him from properly swallowing his food. He was purchased at a pet store and returned once this defect was found by a veterinarian. Poor Logan actually sat in a cage for about one month until a rescue could be found to take him in and by that time, this once thriving puppy was underweight and battling pneumonia because of his inability to swallow properly.

At four months old, Logan was almost 10 pounds underweight on the day that he reached a rescue. Unfortunately, all the medical care that Logan received could only support him for just over a week. During this time, Logan was loved and offered a life outside of a cage, when he was up for it. Although Logan did not survive, he is a symbol and an inspiration for all those out there looking for something better in life.

In addition to serving as a dog adoption agency, Logan’s Heroes Animal Rescue works to partner dogs in need with veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and disabilities.

Logan’s Heroes “hopes to grow to help many animals,” the website said.

The Saucon Valley Farmers’ Market is held Sundays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. next to the Hellertown Area Library at 409 Constitution Ave., Hellertown (across from Dimmick Park).