New Jersey shelter dog finally finds a home after 7 years of waiting

The shelter posted a picture of the beautiful canine with her new human family on Facebook with a caption that reads “It took 2,536 days, but this beautiful girl has finally been adopted!” According to the shelter, pictures of Brooklyn had been shared on different social media platforms for quite a long time with no response or anyone taking any special interest. 

However, their plea post on August 10 did the trick. The post was a picture of Brooklyn lying sideways on a green lawn with a tennis ball in her mouth, and it was captioned “Help us find a foster for this beautiful girl, so she doesn’t have to return to the shelter. Brooklyn has spent close to 7 years in the shelter and now that she’s spent the past 6 weeks in a foster home, we don’t want to crush her spirit by making her return to her same lonely kennel run.” “Brooklyn is selective with people she meets, but once you are “Brooklyn-approved”, you are friends for life.” 

Apparently, the plea post and another about Brooklyn’s glum state sparked a lot of interest on social media and generated enough engagements to catch the attention of the family that finally adopted her.  

“Thank you to everyone involved in making this dream come true. It takes a village – from the volunteers, staff, her foster dad, and everyone who shared her all over social media,” the shelter posted. 

Now Brooklyn has the opportunity to enjoy some family love and care after 7 lonely years in the kennel run. It was definitely worth the wait.