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A elder canine has recovered a loving location acknowledgment to a elder national successful Texas who felt he was nan cleanable lucifer for her.
Velcro, a 10-year-old Carolina canine mix, has been disposable to adopt since 2022 aft being welcomed to Austin Pets Alive (APA), an animal rescue located successful Austin, a typical astatine APA told Fox News Digital.
The aged canine has arthritis on pinch "progressive neurological and musculoskeletal challenges pinch his spine and hind [legs]," nan typical continued.
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Due to Velcro's property and wellness issues, it became a task for APA unit to find a location that perfectly suited him.
Velcro, a 10-year-old Carolina mix, has yet recovered a location aft spending 700 days successful an Austin, Texas, shelter. (Austin Pets Alive!, Karen Hardwick, and Amanda Stronza)
"An perfect location would beryllium slow paced, conscionable for illustration him! And travel pinch a diligent and knowing human," APA reps said, according to Fox 10 Phoenix.
Velcro was not unsocial successful his hunt for a companion. A resident named Jeanette, 74, was looking to welcome a elder pet into her home.
Jeanette had precocious mislaid 2 of her different elder pups and wanted to find different furry friend that would beryllium low-energy capable for her lifestyle and home, APA unit said.
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Jeanette, who requested her surname beryllium omitted for privateness reasons, met Velcro done a foster-to-adopt programme successful February, according to APA.
The elder canine was adopted by a chap senior, Jeanette, who was hoping to find a canine that matched her low-energy lifestyle. (Austin Pets Alive!, Karen Hardwick, and Amanda Stronza)
"The foster-to-adopt process allows nan shelter and nan foster to thief nan canine acclimate to a location by providing at-home behaviour [consultations] and lifelong take support," an APA typical said.
Jeanette hopes that Velcro's communicative will animate canine owners to not place pets who are older aliases person special needs.
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"They merit love, and they springiness arsenic overmuch arsenic they get," she told APA.
Velcro and Jeanette person proven to beryllium "the cleanable match" aft spending much and much clip together/ (Austin Pets Alive!, Karen Hardwick, and Amanda Stronza)
"They respond to emotion conscionable arsenic well, if not much than younger dogs," Jeanette continued, according to Fox 10 Phoenix. "Velcro has adopted me, I didn't adopt him, he adopted me. He has chosen me."
While it whitethorn person taken immoderate clip for Velcro to beryllium placed successful a home, it appears he has recovered his match.
"Our volunteer's dedication to attraction for him during his clip pinch us, and nan adopter's committedness to beryllium diligent and caring, each worked retired successful nan end," a spokesperson for nan rescue told Fox Television Stations.
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"Senior dogs merit loving homes to unrecorded retired their aureate years. Adopters for illustration Jeanette are a testament that you are tin of bringing a caller furry friend into your life and giving them a life afloat of love."
It could beryllium difficult for elder dogs to find homes, but that didn't extremity Austin Pets Alive from advocating for Velcro, and his property didn't extremity his caller proprietor from welcoming him into his "furever" location pinch her. (Austin Pets Alive!, Karen Hardwick, and Amanda Stronza)
Velcro, who was initially called "Beluga," was a resident astatine APA for a full of 700 days.
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Jeanette renamed him Velcro because "he follows her astir 24/7," APA unit wrote connected nan shelter's Instagram page.
Fox News Digital has attempted to scope Jeanette done APA representatives.
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