{"id":102,"date":"2025-03-03T19:37:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T19:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lajme-javore.com\/?p=102"},"modified":"2025-03-03T19:37:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T19:37:37","slug":"little-boy-visits-shelter-and-adopts-the-oldest-dog-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lajme-javore.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/03\/little-boy-visits-shelter-and-adopts-the-oldest-dog-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Boy Visits Shelter And Adopts The Oldest Dog There"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In November 2017, Shey the 14-year-old miniature poodle was dropped off at the\u00a0Animal Rescue League of Iowa<\/a>\u00a0for the saddest reason: His family was moving, and they weren\u2019t taking him with them.<\/p>\n

For the next four months, Shey\u00a0waited and waited at the shelter\u00a0<\/a>for someone to pick him. He was suffering from dental disease and had never been neutered, so the rescue got him scheduled for surgery and vet care. Only one of his teeth wasn\u2019t fully rotted.<\/p>\n

Being deaf, half-blind and almost completely toothless, there wasn\u2019t exactly a line out the door of adopters waiting to meet him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Shey with a shelter staff member\u00a0|\u00a0Animal Rescue League of Iowa<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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But when a young boy named Tristan came in one night last week, none of that mattered. He and his mom were looking for a small dog who loved cuddles, and the shelter staff knew Shey would be a perfect match.<\/p>\n

\u201cShey is super sweet and wants to be near people all the time,\u201d Jessica Jorgenson, digital content coordinator for the rescue, told The Dodo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tristan meeting Shey for the first time\u00a0|\u00a0Animal Rescue League of Iowa<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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