It breaks our hearts that senior dogs often do not get adopted and never experience the love they deserve. Luckily, this world is full of kind-hearted people, too, and elderly adoptees sometimes get a second chance at love.
Bored Panda has compiled a list of the oldest dogs that were adopted by people who didn't mind their old age. All they could see was their loving hearts. Have you ever adopted a senior dog, too? Upload your pic to the list!
#41 An Old Man In My Town Had To Go Into An Oldfolks Home And Couldn't Take His 9-Year-Old Dog With Him. Instead Of Him Putting His Dog Down I Adopted Him
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37points
#42 Her Name Is Dixie, She's A 6.5-Year-Old Corgle (Corgi/Beagle) I Adopted From The Shelter Today
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#43 Photographer Behind HONY, Brandon Stanton, Adopted Susie Wen She Was 13 Years Old. Inspired By This, Brandon's Girlfriend O'Sullivan Decided To Take Up Susie's Cause. She Started A Facebook Page, " Susie's Senior Dogs," To Find Aging Dogs New Families
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37points
#44 Senior Dog Adoption Month May Have Ended, But I Adopted This Little 8-Year-Old Lady Today!
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36points
#45 Last Week, Gilbert First Met His New Mom And Dad, Nellissa and Noel, And 10-Year-Old Yorkie Brother Named Clyde
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36points
#46 Rocky, A 17-Year-Old Stray Dog Which Has Been In And Out In A Shelter Since 2012 Got Adopted By A Young Couple Which Promised To Fill His Life With Love, Joy And Lots Of Treats
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35points
#48 Our New Dog We Adopted Yesterday. He's A 7-Year-Old Rescued Black Lab Mix. He's Spent Most Of His Life In A Crate And He's Finally Got Room To Stretch His Legs. We Named Him Ted
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34points
#49 Lil Baby Boogie Lives Up To Her Name: This Senior Rescue Pup Has Some Pretty Sweet Dance Moves
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#52 After Seven Years In The Shelter, Baby G And Nash (In Mom's Lap) Have Settled In Quicker Than You Can Say "Forever Home"!
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33points
#54 I Adopted Lacey (9Yo) From Our Local Shelter In 2011. She Had Been Left There After Living With A Family For 9 Years
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31points
#55 Emőke The Best Decision Of 2016. Our Home For Her Is The 4th. 8 Years Old, One Eyed Beauty
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#56 We Were Looking For Dog That's Been In A Shelter A Long Time And Maybe Not-So-Adoptable. This Is How 6-Year-Old Winter Found Her New Parents
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#57 A Couple Months Ago, Lara And I Adopted An 8-Year-Old Cocker Spaniel And Named Him Rufio. He'd Spent 7 Years Of His Life Living With Some Family Who Decided They Needed To Give Him Up When They Had Their 4th Kid
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30points
#58 Officially Adopted My Foster Dog (9 Years Old) And Gave Her Her First Birthday Bone
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29points
#59 My Ma Adopted This Old, Near Death Dog From Shelter Pet Project. She Had The Day Off For Cold Temperatures. Here's Rocky In His Sweater
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29points
#60 This Is Captain, Gorgeous, Gentle, Blind 11 Year Old Collie.
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