[PHOTOSTORY 4: STRUGGLE] Adoptable Dogs Wait For A Forever Home

 By: Jessica Bunn

The Fayette Humane Society information table and crates for dogs are set up as you entered Pet Smart. The Fayette Humane Society hosts adoption events every weekend at various pet stores throughout Fayette County.

A dog lays in a crate at the adoption event. Most often, Pit Bull type breeds, like Brooklyn, are seen at these events and in shelters due to the stereotypes surrounding the breed.

A dog lays in a crate at the adoption event. Brooklyn is an old soul giving unconditional love, but is passed over because of her breed.

A dog stands in a crate at the adoption event. Colt, an American Pit Bull Terrier/Chihuahua mix, is the wild dog of this bunch at the adoption event. 

A dog stands in a crate at the adoption event. Colt loves kids and other dogs, and requires a fenced in backyard because of his love for adventure and his good prey drive.

A dog stands in a crate at the adoption event. While Billie Holidog had no biography available, he seemed to be a very loving one year old Pekingese mix.

A dog stands in a crate at the adoption event. Billie Holidog looked around at the many people in Pet Smart hoping one of them would be his new family. 

Two puppies sleep in a crate at the adoption event. Most often puppies get adopted within a week of being at a shelter. 

Two puppies stand in a crate at the adoption event. At just two and a half months old, Kit and Kat wait for the right person to come along to adopt them as a bonded pair.

A yellow Labrador Retriever sits with a Fayette Humane Society volunteer. An unlikely sight at this event was Georgia, an almost one year old yellow Labrador Retriever. 

 

A yellow Labrador Retriever stands with a Fayette Humane Society volunteer. Georgia is your typical lab— super sweet, loves car rides, and is working on her table manners because she will sneak food.

A Husky sits in a crate at the adoption event. Some dogs at the event have special needs, like Char.

A Husky lays on the floor in front of a Fayette Humane Society volunteer. Char has Juvenile Cataracts and may need another surgery in 6-24 months, which makes an adoption much harder.

A dog sniffs a bush. Another special needs dog at the event was Mirabel.

A dog sniffs a bush. Mirabel looks like any other dog from the right side...

A dog sits next to a curb in the parking lot at the adoption event. But from the left side, anyone can see she has been through a very traumatic event.

A dog stands with a Fayette Humane Society volunteer in the parking lot at the adoption event. On Christmas Eve 2021, Mirabel was surrendered to the Fayette Humane Society after suffering a horrific bite wound to her head. 

A dog sits with a Fayette Humane Society volunteer in the parking lot at the adoption event. The bite ripped off her left ear and most of the skin on the left side of her head, but her skull and left eye remained intact.

A dog stands in a crate at the adoption event. Throughout all of this, Mirabel has remained a happy playful dog, and has been a trooper through all of the vet visits.

The Fayette Humane Society information table and crates for dogs are set up as you entered Pet Smart. The Fayette Humane Society is always looking for volunteers to help with the adoption events and in the shelters or to foster adoptable dogs until they find their forever homes.