Jennie Clutterbuck regularly works at pet adoption events to help dogs at a Jacksonville’s animal shelter find a home. One dog who touched her heart was a stray who arrived at the Florida shelter around Thanksgiving. The dog was terrified at the shelter. Weeks passed and no one came forward for her. Then, the week before Christmas the dog was taken to an adoption event and something amazing happened.
“Sofia is the dog that breaks your heart every time you walk by their kennel because they Just. Look. So. Sad. She is sweet as can be but definitely was terrified in the shelter,” Clutterbuck wrote on Facebook. “Yesterday she loaded up with all the other dogs to head to Mega [Mega Adoption Event]. Today, I looked over to see her absolutely losing her marbles, so happy, jumping all over and thought holy cow she found someone she really likes. It turns out this is her Dad!!”
“Her name is actually Daisy, she came to us as a stray and she had been missing since Thanksgiving,” explains Clutterbuck. “Their baby sitter recently saw her on our website! Dad has been working 7 days a week since Hurricane Matthew for a tree service… Well today he raced down on his lunch break to get his girl. The change in her was absolutely out of this world. I’m not gonna lie… I totally boo hooed.”
Daisy’s dad explained that she escaped from their yard when someone accidentally left the gate open. They looked for several weeks but were unable to find her.
“PS – they were talking about her age in the video as we had her listed as younger than she actually is which is why dad was showing us her teeth. LOL. Apparently they’re in pretty good shape!”
What a wonderful Christmas present for Daisy and for her family!
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