It ’s kind of perplexing that such a good dog had to live in a shelter for so long .
It ’s a morsel of a mystery how Opie , a calm , smiley 6 - year - oldchow chowmix , expend so much time atThe Humane Society of St. Lucie County .
In fact , according to Shannon Glendinning , the humanistic smart set ’s marketing film director , Opie was one of the calm bounder in the shelter , laying down in his dog house as common people would take the air by rather than bark his head off . He was even a playgroup " stone star , " scram along famously with the shelter ’s other pup .
Photo: Courtesy of The Humane Society of St. Lucie County
Yet he stayed in the shelter for838 days , until the very death of August , when his new house came to plunk him up after a community of interests get-up-and-go to get him into a novel dwelling — finally .
" He is a category dog now and live his best life and doing so well , " Glendinning tell Daily Paws .
Opie was the Florida humanistic society ’s longest - tenure resident after living there for more than two years . But he was a boastful helper during those two years . He ’d appear at humanistic society event like " Bark at the Park , " serve as an ambassador for shelter dogs while seek for his own home plate . Even more important , he ’d assist the society ’s trainer mental testing thereactivityof other pups , Glendinning says .
" Everywhere he went , he sleep with every single person he come across , " she say .
Along with citizenry , he loves running around , very fitting for his free - spirit nature .
With all that going for him and almost no restrictions on a future home — he could n’t move into a house with guy — it was perplexing that he could n’t detect an adopter . The humane society promote him oft , but everyone seemingly had a reason they could n’t take him .
" We really do n’t understand it , " Glendinning says .
Scott VanDuzer , the proprietor of Big Apple Pizza in Fort Pierce , decided to help . He contacted a local news station to do a story on Opie , and extend a $ 500 natural endowment batting order to his eating place to the eventual adopter as part of his campaign to discharge Opie . Someone else donated $ 500 toward the dog ’s food , and a local real estate federal agent cover his adoption fee .
The intelligence story publicize on Aug. 26 , Glendinning says . The next calendar week , Opie ’s novel owner and his daughter came to meet him , and they were soon heading home .
" There are no dry eye tonight , " the humanistic societywrote on Facebookannouncing the long - awaited adoption .
Glendinning order the faculty latterly receive a photo from Opie ’s new home , in which he was sunbathing while his dad grilled . He establish an important point : A hot dog staying in a protection for a long sentence does n’t mean there ’s anything wrong with him .
" Some just get , regrettably , leave out , and I mean that ’s not really on the dog-iron at all , " Glendinning says .
