Animal shelters, rescue groups, rescuers, fosters, and fellow adoptees always recommend one thing when it comes to choosing your furbaby.
Always adopt.
Dogs at the shelter are looking for their forever families and homes. There are some dogs who are adopted quickly and then there are some dogs who wait days, weeks, or months before they get adopted.
Unfortunately, it’s rare to keep unadopted dogs at the shelter for more than a year because they need the space to accommodate more dog rescues.
What happens to the unadopted dogs?
Some are transferred to other shelters. There are some dogs though, especially the ones who are too sick, who are euthanized.
That was almost Lady’s fate.
She was supposed to be euthanized, but Lady was meant to have a second chance.
A woman named Shelly went to the shelter that day and saw Lady’s name among the list of dogs to be euthanized that day. Shelly wouldn’t allow it. She saw that Lady was such a sweet, happy, and loving dog.
She needs to be given a second chance. Shelly called the person who rescued Lady and asked that she be pulled from the list because ‘she’ll make somebody very happy.’
That’s how Shelly became Lady’s foster mom and saved this dog’s life.
It was also through Shelly that Lady came into Amy’s life. Amy and her roommate wanted a dog, and they learned about Lady. Long story short, they ended up adopting Lady.
When they met Lady for the first time, Amy said she came rushing out of the car towards them and jumped on them to give them kisses. She rolled on her back so they can give her belly rubs.
She was just being the sweetest girl.
“We just fell in love with her immediately. She’s not like any other dog. I swear she’s like a human,” Amy told GeoBeats Animals.
Since that first day, Amy and Lady have been together 24/7.
She’s become Amy’s best friend, the one who understands her. Lady has also been the best solution for Amy’s mental health issues.
There was one thing Amy wanted for Lady, though. She wanted to get another dog that could become Lady’s canine best friend.
A couple of years later, Amy found out about Gus, who had a lot of anxiety problems and emotional trauma.
They decided to apply to adopt Gus.
Unfortunately, when Gus entered their lives, he did not like them. Plus he didn’t like Lady and didn’t want anything to do with her.
This broke their hearts and their dreams. They did remember that Gus had a lot of trauma and probably had a lot of trust issues.
Amy suggested that they give Gus space and time to settle down in their home and lives.
It was a long, slow process but Gus finally got to the point where he could trust his new family. They also learned that he gets the most anxious with the car, loud noises, and when left alone.
When he experienced his first thunderstorm with his new family, he didn’t know what to do. He was panting, pacing, and drooling.
It was that night that changed forever for them.
Gus went up to Amy for comfort and cuddled up to Lady before he finally fell asleep. Since then, Gus has turned to Lady for comfort.
Lady and Gus may have been abandoned, but Amy reassures them every day that she loves them and will never leave them.
Meet Lady and Gus in the video below.
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