Woman adopts elderly dog, realizes it's the 'best friend' she lost as a child
https://www.today.com/pets/woman-adopts-elderly-dog-finds-pet-her-parents-gave-10-t122770
(from 2018)
Woman adopts elderly dog, realizes it's the 'best friend' she lost as a child
Nicole Grimes was 10 when her grandmother gave her Chloe the puppy. But a few years later, difficult family circumstances meant Chloe had to find a new home.
Feb. 12, 2018, 11:36 AM EST / Source: TODAY
By Arin Greenwood
This story of a woman being reunited with the beloved dog she had to give up as a child is so moving, you could call it a fairy tail.
Nicole Grimes was 10 years old when her grandmother gave her a puppy named Chloe.
"She was wearing a pink bow when Nana gave her to me. We were best friends," Grimestold the BBC.
A few years later, when Grimes was 14, her father got a job in customer service, working from the family's home in Marianna, Pennsylvania. Chloe barked a lot, and that put her dad's job at risk.
The family made the difficult decision to try to find a new home for Chloe. When that didn't work, they brought her to the local animal shelter.
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