Marshall the Miracle Dog Teaches Students to Never Give Up
Marshall and his owner Cynthia Willenbrock recently visited Glenridge Elementary School.
In conjunction with its annual Read-a-Thon, Glenridge Elementary welcomed two special visitors on Tuesday, Nov. 20: St Louis-based author Cynthia Willenbrock and her miracle dog, Marshall. Each grade level attended a presentation by Willenbrock, who spoke about her book, Marshall the Miracle Dog, and why she felt compelled to tell Marshall’s story. Willenbrock adopted Marshall from the Humane Society of Missouri after he had been rescued from the home of an animal hoarder in rural Missouri. When he was rescued, Marshall had a broken leg and bite marks all over his body, including a tennis ball-size hole on the side of his face, from being attacked by the 60 other dogs living on the property. While on the operating table to have his badly …
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