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Chip arrived at an animal shelter when he was only a 7-week-old puppy in need of a loving forever family. And then for the next 15 years, he waited.
The little gray dog spent almost his entire life at the Save-a-Pet Shelter in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, until Thursday, when Chip finally got to go home with a dad of his very own.
One of Chip's fans posted a desperate plea on behalf of the aging dog earlier this week, writing "Chip has NEVER had a home, NEVER had a family to love and cherish him, NEVER had someone to play with him or take him for walks, NEVER had a warm bed to sleep in or a human to cuddle up to."
Now, finally, Chip will have everything a dog could want. On Thursday afternoon the shelter posted a triumphant adoption portrait of Chip and his new dad, Jaco Rademeyer, about to take the little dog to his very first home.
https://www.thedodo.com/dog-gets-adopted-after-15-years-1170519847.html#dog-gets-adopted-after-15-years-1170519847.html
hlthe2b
(102,333 posts)How could such a sweet dog not have gotten a home earlier?
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)I'm adding my prayer to yours. But 1 year, even one good year with lots of love, that would be awesome. New Dad is my hero today.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)myrna minx
(22,772 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)It's a sad story...it's a happy story.
These kind of things make me emotional...thanks for posting joeybee12.
calimary
(81,425 posts)Tragically, too many shelter animals don't get much time.
Thank you joeybee12 for posting this. A little happy ending to wrap up the work week!
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)were from a no-kill cat shelter. When I heard that no one had called about Max in the year he'd been in foster care I knew he was the cat for me. I cried after I hung up the phone; such a sweet cat that nobody wanted until I found him. He'd had such a hard life but I spoiled him rotten for the five years we had.
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)DashOneBravo
(2,679 posts)Shelter dogs are the best.
Made me smile
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Ohhhhhh.....sweet puppy..... Be a good dad, New Dad!
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)that man is a hero. that dog had only one good eye. Bless them both forever.
narnian60
(3,510 posts)Vattel
(9,289 posts)New Orleans Strong
(212 posts)I. Just. Love. You. I'm crying - with my dog...
SheilaT
(23,156 posts)during those same 15 years.