A dog named Noah has fully recovered after being used as bait for a dogfighting ring in North Miami, Florida. It’s taken months of care, but most of the injuries that once covered him have healed.
Despite all he’s been through, Noah’s personality is “goofy and loving,” according to his foster mother, Jennifer Merino. She stated that if he could talk, he would tell her to play with him and to let him love her and lick her face.
Noah was discovered in early February with one-third of his face missing. Another dog’s tooth was embedded in one of his wounds. He began his road to recovery at Biscayne Animal Hospital after being pulled from the shelter he was staying in by Bullies N Beyond Rescue.
One of the veterinarians who treated Noah could tell that he was determined to live.
“He never stopped eating. He never stopped wagging his tail. He never showed signs of aggression, and he tolerated the treatment so well. We pursued to continue treating him,” Dr. Spencer Goldstein stated in an interview with WSVN.
Over the following weeks, Noah endured multiple surgeries and constant sedation. To close the hole in his face, he underwent laser therapy and vacuum therapy, as well as treatment from a specialist.
His recovery has been likened to a miracle by Dr. Jennifer Biebevsky. “We do a lot of wounds, and we’ve seen a lot of success stories, but I don’t think any of us even appreciated he would get to this degree,” she said.
The best thing about Noah’s recovery is his ability to simply be a dog and go to dog parks, according to Maria Gaspari of Bullies N Beyond.
Until Noah is ready for adoption, he’ll remain with his foster mom and continue raising awareness about dogfighting.

SUCCESS — THANK YOU to the wonderful Rescuers, the Doctors and loving Caretakers who brought Noah back from hell and made the good life possible for him.
We Need to get dog fighting shut down. Also severe punishment when caught.
There will always be psychopaths with no empathy or conscience for harming and killing animals. This is built into humans, probably from when we had to hunt and kill animals to eat. There is no difference between the level of psychopaths that enjoy hunting and those that really enjoy hurting, torturing, and then killing animals.
Unfortunately our society does very little to bring these psychotic criminals to justice and strongly enforce laws to protect animals. I believe some politicians have a problem with enacting strong enough laws to protect animals because it may hurt the hunting industry. The reality is we all need to do everything we can to help the helpless animals that rely on us for a good and healthy life, when we accept an animal as a pet, we have an obligation to protect them, just as parents have the same obligation to protect their children.
Why not a ban for life ? ‘Up to 5 years’ means nothing.
A very special dog; wishing him the best.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR HELPING SAVE THIS POOR SOUL. YOU ARE ALL HERO’S.
BEST WISHES NOAH FOR A WONDERFUL AND LOVING NEW HOME BABY BOY CAUSE YOU SURE DESERVE IT.
I HOPE THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS ABUSE AND TORTURE ARE CAUGHT AND SEVERELY PUNISHED.
WE THE PUBLIC DEMAND THAT ANIMAL ABUSE IS TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY AND THOSE INVOLVED ARE SEVERELY PUNISHED BECAUSE THAT IS THE ONLY WAY IT WILL STOP!!
People that abuse dogs with fighting are just too stupid and lazy to hold any kind of job. It’s amazing how entire families get into this in order to fuel their drug taking and alcoholism. Too bad they they don’t fight themselves but cowards don’t do this – they pick on defenseless animals.
Let’s use the dog fighting people as bait for the dogs…You P’s OS!
ANIMALS NEED THEIR RIGHTS. HUMANS MUST BE SEVERELY PUNISHED FOR ALL CRUELTY AND TORTURE THEY INFLICT ON ALL ANIMALS SENSELESSLY, RUTHLESSLY, AND ENDLESSLY. THERE MUST BE VERY STRICT LAWS AND YEARS OF INCARCERATION. NOTHING ELSE WORKS. WHEN AND HOW WILL HUMANS LEARN TO ACT HUMANE??? PROBABLY NEVER. HUMANS ARE BARBARIANS WITHOUT BORDERS AND SAVAGES WITHOUT SURROUND. HUMANS ARE HAVING SO MUCH FUN TORTURING AND KILLING ANIMALS WITHOUT ANY CONSEQUENCES, WHY SHOULD THEY EVER STOP????
I love you Noah – so happy you are healing and getting Love. Thank you for helping. Stupid dog fighters. What wrong with the world.
A thousand thanks to the doctors who went all the way to save Noah and bring him back to life. I hope he gets the best family who will love and pamper him for the rest of his days.
What a cute baby.
What a cute baby.
Someone, please adopt this sweet baby. He deserves some peace, comfort and a forever loving home.
Thanku Bay of Biscayne Animal Hospital.and Bullies ‘N’ Beyond for rescuing and treating Noah. He’s such a beautiful boy. 🐶🐕🐾❤❤❤