When Chip entered a shelter, he was a 7-week-old puppy in need of a caring permanent family. He then waited for the following fifteen years.
Before being allowed to leave the Save-a-Pet Shelter in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on Thursday, Chip, a small gray dog, had spent virtually all of his life there.
One of Chip's admirers wrote earlier this week, "Chip has NEVER had a home, NEVER had a family to love and appreciate him, NEVER had someone to play with him or take him for walks, NEVER had a warm bed to sleep in or a human to cuddle up to."
Finally, Chip will have every canine want. On Thursday afternoon, as Jaco Rademeyer and Chip were preparing to take the small dog to his first home, the shelter shared a picture of their triumphant adoption.
Due to his health difficulties, Chip might not have many years left with his new family, but he will finally experience all the love and comfort he longs for. Although animal shelters do great things to assist the most in need animals, nothing can replace the love and bond that animals may share with their human family. Chip will now experience what that's like.
15 years in a shelter? What is wrong with people? If I lived there, I would have swooped him up long time ago.
replydeleteI agree 💯
deleteMe too. No pet should go unadopted that long. I’m happy he’s finally going to experience real love.
deleteIf I worked at that shelter I would have adopted him long ago , poor guy, instead of leaving him there year after year.
deleteI would have too. That dog should have been moved to a different facility that had a higher rate of adoption a long time ago. I am so sad he had to live that way with no family of his own. Horribly tragic.
deleteShocking that he was in a shelter for 15 years, I hope he has a good few years to enjoy being pampered.
replydeleteGod bless him and the family
deleteMy heart is aching thinking of his sadness.let him enjoy his new home.
deleteThis is so, so, so very sad. 15 YEARS !!
replydeleteI wish I could have loved on him all those years ago. I hope he has lots of time left to enjoy his life.
God bless the man who adopted Chip!
replydeleteThis poor poor fellow ....cant believe....hope he found his luck and love for his remaining time.
replydeletePoor dog waiting 15 years for a forever home.he has found it at last he has all the good loving things to catch up with now .older animals make great family pets .have a lovely lifexxx
replydeleteSo pleased he is to spend his remaining years, hopefully, in a lloving and comfortable home🐕🐕🐕
replydeleteIt’s really a great thing to see him find a fur ever home. What I can’t get is why anyone could watch him sit waiting for 15yrs for love & a forever j home? I could never of walked out every night leaving him there. I would of adopted him years & years ago!
replydeleteBless this family for giving him what he should if had 14-1/2 yrs ago 🙏🏻
You would think a worker might foster him.
deleteThank you for giving him a life ,even tho it might not be forever!👍❤️🙏
replydeleteI'd of taken chip in a heartbeat
replydeleteAfter that long he probably thought that was his home. Now he will be scared. But I’m happy he found a home to finish living his time
replydeleteI cry for him..he should have had a home 15 years ago..God bless him n the adoptive family.❤🐾🙏
replydeleteCongratulations sweet baby! I have a Shelter dog too rescued from New Mexico. Now he is Canadian. His name is Teddy. ❤️🐾❤️
replydeleteOMG! Poor chip! I Hope he survives a long time!
replydeleteThat’s so sad Happy he is getting love now
replydeleteThere is no excuse for that to happen!!!! An overlooked dog/cat should be moved to another facility that has a higher rate of adoption. That poor, poor dog.
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