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joeybee12

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Fri May 29, 2015, 07:30 PM May 2015

After 15 Years In A Shelter, Sweet Dog Finally Finds A Home [View all]



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
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this story is absolutely wrenching.... hlthe2b May 2015 #1
Dear Fate, Please let this little dog live to be at least 25... ScreamingMeemie May 2015 #2
Perfect BrotherIvan May 2015 #3
He is mine too! ScreamingMeemie May 2015 #7
Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! shenmue May 2015 #4
Im go happy this pup will finally have a home. myrna minx May 2015 #5
Oh... SoapBox May 2015 #6
Dang! I'm glad they kept him alive and sheltered for all that time. calimary May 2015 #8
Both of my now late (from old age) kittehs hifiguy May 2015 #10
So sweet. Thanks for that. Luminous Animal May 2015 #16
Wonderful DashOneBravo May 2015 #9
:o BlancheSplanchnik May 2015 #11
:(***** roguevalley May 2015 #12
+1000 narnian60 May 2015 #13
That dog is so cool. Vattel May 2015 #14
Jaco - New Orleans Strong May 2015 #15
I can't help but wonder if this shelter ever turned away another dog SheilaT May 2015 #17
Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast May 2015 #18
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