Hope is a rescue puppy abandoned by her owners when she was about 5-6 weeks of age.

She was rescued by local NGO in Gurgaon, India—my previous city of residence. I fostered her until she was healthy and found her a permanent home.

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She lived with me for a month as she grew stronger and healthier. She was a sick puppy who was petrified of her daily visits to the vet for her shots and threw up in my car everyday.

When she came up for adoption she reminded me of the pup I rescued on my tour of the Himalaya. She looked identical to the 'Hope' I found injured on my trip few months before this.

The rescue story itself was an adventure!

I rented a small taxi and took an overnight roundtrip of over 312 miles / 500 kms of single lane narrow mountain roads to the nearest NGO which had some access to facilities to operate on animals. It took a big chunk out of my budget for my trip and delayed everything but I wanted to adopt her if she made the journey and the operation.

She was a puppy in excruciating pain but she didn't complain or cry in pain on the bumpy journey. She remained resilient throughout. The journey taught me the importance of being calm and face the worst case scenario head-on.

Due to severity of her conditon; broken femur and other complications including ruptured intenstines and low hemoglobin she died a day after the operation. Needless to say I was heart broken. But I was also glad about the fact that it brought together many people wishing for her well being. Personally, I thought she'd make a great companion to her motorcyclist rescuer someday.

When the 'new' Hope (in these pictures) came on the FB group I jumped at the opportunity to have her. Although my life at the time didn't allow me to keep her forever I felt I could make a difference and I did the best I could. I found her a great family and visited her as often as I could until I moved out of the city.

## Overtime, Hope changed from being a naughty Satan's daughter to a golden child loved by all especially her family of three!

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Pictures taken with Canon 550D paired with a 50mm f1.8 lens. Images have been slightly edited but I can produce original shots upon request for verification.

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Left: Original Hope. Right: new Hope. See the resemblance?

From trying to organize help on FB for the rescue and having to do it myself because there was no help around. I felt it was time to repay the debt and help the pup just as I received help in similar situations in the past!

^{Biker Dog Hope!}

Sometimes pictures have a story that needs to be told. I've decided to share this because it's close to my heart and I wanted you to know the story of Hope!

^{The 'new' Hope has grown up but continues enjoying staring into nothing just as she did when she was a little pup. I wish I knew what she was thinking.}

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