When this older veteran landed in the hospital after having a heart attack, the First State Animal Center and SPCA in Camden, Delaware stepped in to care for his two dogs as he focused on getting better.
The situation was only supposed to be temporary, but after weeks without hearing from the old man, the shelter put the dogs up for adoption. Surprisingly, no one had adopted the two adorable dogs named Bailey and Blaze, and when the man finally got out of the hospital, he went straight to find his dogs.
In order to get Bailey and Blaze back, the veteran had to come up with $250 dollars to re-adopt his dogs, but when he went to find them, he was told the money had been taken care of. Volunteers and staff members of the shelter pooled their money to cover the cost of the adoption so that the dogs could be reunited with their rightful owner.
According to Lindsey Carrothers, an adoption counselor, the reunion was incredibly emotional. “You could just feel the love those dogs had for him. And there shouldn’t have been anything, especially money, that should’ve stood in his way to getting his family back,” she said.
Watch the entire video below to see the heartwarming moment this veteran hears that he gets to keep his dogs.
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Posted by Lindsay Marie on Thursday, December 17, 2015
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