All dogs want to have a caring family who would give them a forever home and show them what love feels like.
Sadly, too many dogs never experience the love their hearts yearn for because they live with heartless breeders who keep them in order to make a profit.
Chanel was one of the breeding dogs who was discarded by her ‘family’ because they no longer considered her useful.
After the five-year-old dog gave birth to multiple litters of puppies, her heartless owner abandoned her without feeling any compassion for her broken heart.
Will Chanel find the love she always dreamed of?
The Doggo Arrives At A Shelter
Chanel arrived at BARC Animal Shelter in Houston, Texas, feeling completely confused and sad.
When Vanessa Torres, a shelter volunteer, saw her for the first time, she felt devastated.
“Oh Chanel…. She broke my heart the second I saw her. The precious “family” left the collar on her and it broke me to millions. Her collar says “puppies for sale” instead of “if found”. I was so heartbroken,” Torres wrote on TikTok.
Despite being let down by her owner, Chanel was calm and trusting toward the shelter staff. She must have felt that she could trust them.
Torres, who helps save the shelter dogs listed for euthanasia, decided to take action and try to save Chanel before she ended up on the dreaded list.
The kind volunteer visited her in her kennel and got to know her better.
She recorded a couple of videos of Chanel and shared them on TikTok and Instagram, hoping to find a rescue that would pull her from the shelter and give her a second chance at life.
The clip that showed Chanel sitting in her kennel with a defeated expression on her face went viral, leaving the Internet community brokenhearted.
Sweet Taste Of Freedom
Luckily, Strong Paws Rescue, a rescue in New York, saw Chanel and decided to save her.
Once they pulled the doggo from the shelter, she wagged her tail with excitement.
Torres removed the dog’s old collar and threw it in the trash.
“This collar didn’t mean love. It meant control. It meant profit over her pain. It meant babies born just to be sold. But not anymore. She’s not a product. She’s not a number. She’s free now,” Torres said in another TikTok video.
She placed a new collar around the dog’s neck, symbolizing her new beginning.
The doggo who changed her name to Grace felt free for the first time in her life.
Her favorite volunteer drove her to her temporary home, where her foster dad waited for her and welcomed her.
He showered Grace with cuddles, and the doggo smiled and wagged her tail, feeling overjoyed. She sensed that her life was about to change.
Hopefully, the sweet doggo will find her forever family and experience the happiness and love she dreamed of her whole life.