Ex-owner gave up dog he didn’t want to bring during move — then Iowa shelter steps in
Brindle, a 4-year-old heeler and bulldog mix, was abandoned by her owner and given to another family who didn’t want to keep her — then an Iowa animal shelter stepped in to help.
“Today we met the most beautiful girl. She was given to a family by another family that was moving,” PAWS & More, a shelter in Washington, Iowa, said in an Aug. 8 Facebook post.
“(Brindle’s owner) said that they were taking their other dog with them but that they wouldn’t be bringing this dog,” the shelter said. “The one man told the other that he could shoot her or do whatever he wanted.”
The new family asked the shelter for help rehoming Brindle.
“I would never take a life just to take it. I don’t want her here but if she can find somewhere else to go then that’s great,” he said, according to the post.
The shelter learned quickly that Brindle was trained and excellent with children.
“She is four years old and has the sweetest look in her eyes,” the post described.
“You know how some dogs just have that. When he put her on the rope to walk her over so we could take pictures, she walked perfectly beside him. When we offered her a treat, she had no idea what to do. When we asked her to lay down, she slid immediately into the down position and stayed there.”
It took only hours after the shelter put the post online for Brindle to find a brand new home.
“Because someone believed that her life had value, and found out about us and reached out for help, the sweet dog that we posted this afternoon has found a wonderful home!” the shelter said in a new post. “We are incredibly grateful that her new family saw her post, reached out to us, and then went straight to get her. Now she is officially theirs.”
For information on other animals in need at PAWS, visit their website.
Washington is about a 130-mile drive southeast from Des Moines.
This story was originally published August 9, 2024 at 2:51 PM with the headline "Ex-owner gave up dog he didn’t want to bring during move — then Iowa shelter steps in."