Sophie was approaching one year in the shelter when the staff tried something unlike .
Sophie , a 7 - class - oldAmerican Stafforshire terriermix , was about to reach one year at theSeminole County Animal Servicesshelter when the county ’s societal medium staff had an estimation .
According to Adoption Coordinator Bree Burkett , a appendage of the social team suggested a timelapse video of Sophie in her kennel . They set the camera , posted the TV on Facebook , and the mellifluous dog had a new rest home on March 31 — the Clarence Day before her one - year anniversary .
Photo: Seminole County Animal Services
" It did n’t take long at all , " Burkett enjoin Daily Paws .
Sophie arrived at the Sanford , Fla. , shelter as an proprietor surrender . She ’d had some kind of an fracas with another heel on a walk , so her possessor did n’t feel comfortable care for her anymore , Burkett allege .
She was down during her early days at the tax shelter — even the best shelters ca n’t compare to living in a place — but she soon let her bright personality shine through . Even at 7 , she still do new and " perch up " every time she saw someone .
" She did n’t recede her emotional state at least , " Burkett sound out .
But time still drag on , and Burkett and her coworkers find the calendar . Their social medium squad had seen a like timelapse video online , so why not give it a endeavor ?
The footage conjure up sympathy . A sped - up , alone Sophie — over the course of hours in veridical sentence — continuously looks out her dog house as several people take the air by . No one let her out . It ’s bounteous - time anthropomorphization to say she ’s forlornly wait for an adoptive parent who never comes , but that ’s sure what it look like .
That perception has some accuracy to it , though . Because Sophie is an older , calm dog , Burkett says she did n’t attract as much attention as younger , excitable dogs . AmStaffs also decrease under the oft - stereotyped"bully breeds " umbrella , so that might ’ve discouraged citizenry as well .
But the widely deal TV ended all that . Inquiries started to come in , and the next morn , Sophie ’s adopter showed up and decided she was the dog for him . She went home with him to meet her unexampled doggy siblings on Day 364 .
The lesson for other possible dog adopters out there ?
" Maybe look at the ones that are n’t typically going to jump out at you , " Burkett enounce .
