Tucker
Missoula, MT Approximate location
Adoption fee: $275
Provider updated Nov 18, 2025, 9:27 PM UTC
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About Tucker
Shayla and Tucker's story has been a long one, but today we finally get to share some good news.
We first took these two in back in mid June from the Apple Valley Animal Shelter in California. They came in as strays, most likely dumped together, and Shayla had two tiny puppies with her. For a Great Pyrenees litter it was unusual, but sadly those puppies became sick at just 10 days old. We rushed them to the vet and spent $1,200 trying to save them, but both tested positive for distemper and did not make it. We were heartbroken.
From that moment on, our focus was on saving the parents. Shayla and Tucker also tested positive for distemper, so we put a plan in place. They stayed in strict quarantine in California while we paid for their boarding, food, and ongoing care. Every monthly retest cost over $800, and after four months and repeated testing, we finally got the negative results we had been praying for.
All in, their care, quarantine, testing, food, and vet visits have cost several thousand dollars — and every single dollar was worth it.
Shayla and Tucker are now fully negative for distemper, healthy, happy, and officially spayed and neutered thanks to the wonderful vet team in California. They're living the good life while they wait for transport and will be heading up to Montana very soon.
They are finally ready for their next chapter. Typical Pyrs… a little dramatic, incredibly resilient, and absolutely worth every bit of the effort.