Homeless Teen Reunites With Puppy He Surrendered To Shelter After He Could No Longer Care For Her

 

Reshareworthy

April 13, 2022

A homeless teen who surrendered his puppy to an animal shelter in Mississippi because he couldn’t provide for her has been reunited with his dog.

Senatobia-Tate County Animal Shelter shared the story of the 17-year-old and his dog on April 8, 2022 after he came to the shelter and begged them to take her. Their post on Facebook quickly went viral.

“He is 17, says he lives under a bridge in Tate county. He WALKED her all the way to the shelter and asked us to please take her because he can’t afford to keep her,” the shelter wrote in a Facebook post.

Senatobia-Tate County Animal Shelter

His dog Jada, who is around 4 months old, didn’t know what to do after he left.

“This is where she layed after her owner surrendered her today with her plastic bag of dog food and a blanket. She is devastated,” they wrote of the photograph.

Kris Robinson, the shelter’s director, later told WFLA, “We’re a shelter, so we’re concerned about the dog, but ultimately we were concerned about him and him getting off the street and getting some help. He filled out a surrender form with a little bit of information about himself, and we were able to pass that along to some folks who could help him.”

And those folks did. Senatobia Police Department officers were able to locate the teen with the help of community members. Within a day, the teen had found a place to stay and has been reunited with Jada.

Senatobia-Tate County Animal Shelter

“He’s able to go someone’s house and be with them for a while while he gets his life back on track,” Robinson said. A local Methodist church is also taking donations to help the family who will be helping the pair. The shelter is also working to help Jada get spayed and give the teen flea, tick and heartworm prevention medication for Jada for the year.

“I hope his selfless actions have made people think about the animals in this community – they deserve a chance, they don’t deserve to be dumped anywhere,” the shelter concluded in their Facebook post. “Thanks everyone for your concern for both of them – the response from people everywhere has been touching.”

An update to the story behind this picture..

Many have asked what they can do to help- here is what we know so far- the homeless teenager who brought this baby to the shelter to surrender her because he couldn’t give her what she needs is getting the help he needs He has a place to stay and will be soon getting his dog back.

If you would like to help here is what you can do- we’d like to get the dog spayed and get enough flea/tick and heart prevention for a year at least for her - if you’d like to donate please do so through PayPal and use fosasenatobia@gmail.com - you can also donate for the young man- monetarily or Walmart gift cards- I know he would appreciate the help, both for him and for his dog. I will make sure everything gets to them - thanks everyone for your concern for both of them- the response from people everywhere has been touching.

I hope his selfless actions have made people think about the animals in this community- they deserve a chance, they don’t deserve to be dumped anywhere. Please consider donating to your local shelters to help them spay and neuter all the animals in their care- for their health and so that there are not as many unwanted litters of babies

Fosasenatobia@gmail.com for paypal and mention “Jada” in your comment and we are at:

Senatobia Tate County Shelter

909 EF Hale Dr Senatobia MS 38668

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