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50 Heartwarming Photos Of Dogs Before And After Adoption That Prove Rescuing A Pet Is Life-Changing (New Pics)
We all love a great transformation story. Whether it’s someone turning their life around or working hard to get their health on track, we can’t help but root for an underdog. Especially when they're a literal dog.
Below, we’ve gathered some of the most heartwarming transformation photos of doggos who have been adopted into loving homes, from the Before N After Adoption subreddit, so all of you pandas can enjoy scrolling through these precious pics. Be sure to upvote all of the pups that melt your heart, and remember: adopt don't shop!
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#1
Forever Grateful For Those Who Rescued My Guy!
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Kodiak’s Before And After
#3
I Shared Tala’s Story Just Over A Month Ago. But Forgive Me I Simply Had To Update You With Her Amazing Transformation In Just The Last Few Weeks, We Are Blown Away How Far She Has Come. Love, Care And A Safe Environment Goes A Long Way
#4
Jess's Transformation, She Was A Stray When We Found Her. Vets Said She Had 1 Week To Live. - May 2021 vs. Aug 2022
#5
One Year Later — Ronnie Went From Starving, Shot Up With Bb Pellets, And Heartworm Positive To Our Beloved, Darling, Goofy, Princess. I’ve Never Had A Sweeter Dog
#6
With Love And Care, Everything Damaged Can Be Healed
#7
Kaze The Rescue Pup
#8
Not My Personal Dog, But One Close To My Heart. As One Of Our Regular Shelter Volunteers Said, "She's Come A Long Way From Kennel 47"
#9
Did We Give My Bebe Her Best Life? You Gosh Darn Right We Did!! We’re Still Working Through Her Issues But Her Indomitable Spirit Keeps Us Going. She’s My Role Model! Three Cheers For Qtip
#10
We Got Sophie When She Was A 1 1/2 Yr Old Stray, Terrified Of Everything. She Ended Up Being The Sweetest, Calmest, Most Loving Dog I’ve Ever Met. She Lived To Be Almost 15 Years Old. Miss You Sweet Girl
#11
We Adopted Luna Last Week And She Had Her First Grooming Appointment Today. I'm Not Sure We Got The Same Dog Back
#12
Day 1 vs. Day 365
#13
Before And After Adoption. Puppy That We Rescued In December 2021
#14
After Someone Dumped Her Out A Window, Covered In Over 30 Ticks, Mites, Missing Fur vs. Now & Beyond Healthy. We Kept Her Because We Wanted Her To Have A Good Life And She’s The Happiest, Most Loving Dog We’ve Ever Had. Our Billie Girl, Mixed Pup
#15
Left Tied To A Lampost In The Middle Of The Night With A Broken Shoulder
#16
Bodhi When Found As A Stray vs. This Morning, 8 Weeks Later
#17
My Boy Jake
#18
My Sweet Cairo. We Rescued Him When He Was A Couple Months Old. Today He Crossed The Rainbow Bridge At The Age Of 14
#19
Our 4th Anniversary Together!
still the same farting bee 3 years ago
I'm sorry, He is sooo sweet and is obviously very happy to be rescued but it looks like he tried to cut his own bangs and is quite regretful 😂❤️
#20
My Buddy Chewie On The Day We Met In 2016 And A Few From The Past Few Years
#21
I Posted Last Week About Our Rescue Pablito, Reddit’s Love Was Overwhelming For This Little Pup And I Wanted To Share With You All An Updated Happy Ending To His Story
#22
Millie. The Shelter Thought She Was A Senior Due To Her Teeth And Body Condition. Turns Out She Was Just Starving And Had Been Chewing On Rocks! She Had A Bladder Issue That Caused Her Trouble For A While But Once We Got That Fixed She Got Fat And Happy And Found A Forever Home
#23
Today Marks 8 Months Of Our First Meeting, Thanks For Saving Us. We Love You Ekko!!
#24
I Adopted My First Dog Last Night. Her Name Is Ginger
#25
Surrendered By His First Family At Age 4, Second Family At Age 9. Third Family's A Charm - It's Only Been A Year But You're Here Forever, Butter Bean
#26
She Hasn’t Been Adopted Yet But Just Look At Her Before And After Photos…i Found Her Like This And Just Look At What A Month Of Proper Love And Care Will Do!
#27
This Gentleman Showed Up On Our Porch Right Before Christmas
#28
Kafka Was In A Shelter In Poland For 6 Years And I Adopted Her 5 Months Ago. Best Decision Ever
#29
My Beautiful Girl! Now vs. April 2022 When She Was Rescued
#30
From Scared Of Everything To A Cuddly Kitten Foster Brother
#31
Found Chained To A Pole In A Trailer Park. She Had Been Living Like That For 2-3 Years. She Got A Second Chance At Life With Us
#32
Brought To The Emergency Vet After A Good Samaritan Watched Him Get Hit By A Car At 12 Weeks, Now An Absolutely Spoiled Rotten Boi
#33
This Girl Came Into My Work (Er Vet) 2 Years Ago As A Finder Surrender! Told My Husband I Needed Her In My Life And It Couldn’t Have Been More True
#34
He Was Abandoned In The Road. Now Look At Him. He’s The Best!
LokisLilButterknife 3 years ago
Who could every abandon that sweet little soul? I’m glad he found a loving family.
#35
This Is Stinky Rafa! He Was About 3 Months Old When He Was Found In A Landfill, We’ve Had Him 1.5 Years Now
#36
From Abandoned At The Shelter To The Most Spoiled Girl
#37
This Is Kobe. Sometimes I Wonder If He Ran Away Or Got Abandoned By Someone. But He Was Found Injured, Malnourished, Sick And Very Afraid Of Men Specifically
#38
Nemo, An Update To Our Rescue From His Adopter
#39
5 Months After Adoption vs. 8 Years After Adoption
#40
Meet Dog: Our Street Rescued Dog That We Weren't Planning To Keep It (The Name Says It All Lol) And A Fighter! He Is In Treatment For Leishmaniasis Since September 2020, And Now He Is Ready To Take The Medicine That Can Decrease The Disease To Almost 0%, Since There's No Cure. He Is My Hero Boy!!
#41
Five Months Since His Gotcha Day, He’s Come So Far And Started His Heartworm Treatment This Morning!
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 3 years ago
I’m so glad they got rescued but the before photos are so sad :(
#42
From The Streets Of Yabacoa To Our Home!
#44
Nervous Guy To Cuddly Dork
#45
My Dad Rescued A Border Collie/Australian Shepherd Mix Last Year. Will Run 15+ Miles/Day While My Dad Bikes. He Is A Blessing
#46
Milly, Truly A Remarkable Recovery/Story!
#47
From Day 1 As A 5-Week Old Dumped In My Driveway To My Big 6-Month Old Best Boy
Rebelliousslug 3 years ago
I’m glad some awful person left that beautiful gift in your driveway
#48
Before And After Adoption. Puppy That We Rescued From Industrial Park In 2021
#49
The Day My Husband Got Him From The Shelter And 2.5 Years Later
#50
The Day Our Boy Came Home And 365 Days Later!
#51
4 Months And She’s Really Come Out Of Her Shell!
#52
Found In The Side Of The Road On Christmas Day 2018
#53
Natasha Has Been With Me For Five Months Today
#54
My Little Guy Has Been Through A Lot. He Doesn't Even Look Like The Same Pup!
MrsFettesVette 3 years ago
I love seeing the way that their personalities shine through in the "after" photos!
#55
My Dog’s Shelter Photo (She Was Pregnant And Abandoned) vs. Now, 2 Years After Adoption. I’m So Lucky To Have Her
#57
From Scared And Scruffy To A Lap Guard Who’s…still A Bit Scruffy. A Year Ago Today, I Signed The Papers To Make This Goofy Boy Mine!
#58
Our Little Pepper Le Pew In Her Christmas Dress. Rescued 11/22
#59
From Foster To Foster Fail! We Love Our 12 Year Old Lumpy Girl
#60
Brady Before And After Adoption
#62
Updated Before And After! I Did One After Having Her For About 6 Months, Here Is 2.5 Years Later. She’s The Greatest Companion And Gives My Son Endless Cuddles
#63
Starving, Three States Away, A Gun Shot Wound & Amputation Before & After A Little Over 6 Months
#64
Two Weeks After Rescue And Jack Is Growing And Getting More Comfortable
#65
3 Years To Go From Underweight And Scared Of Everything To The Happiest Boy With A Big Fluffy Booty
#66
1 Month Transformation
#67
This Was My Love, Maya. The Top Is The Day She Was Rescued From A Neglect And Abuse Situation And The Bottom Is The Day I Adopted Her! I Guess This Is More Of A Before And After Rescue
#68
Ausra Was Guam Stray That Was Infested With Mange To The Point In Which She Could Barely Walk. Someone Posted Her Pictures On Fb And We Took Her In And Healed Her Up. Now She’s Loving Life With Us In Our New Home In Chicago
#69
Rescued 20 Months Ago, No Regrets
#70
11 Years Later
#72
Meet Beautiful Sahara, A Very Special Young Lady She Came To Our Animal Refuge Sara Morocco In May After A Tourist Had Reached Out To Us About Two Puppies Outside His Hotel. One Of Our Volunteers Went Out To Find Them, But Sadly Could Only Find One Puppy, Sahara
#73
From Slovakian-Rescue To Beach-Loving-Couch-Potato!
#74
Looks So Happy
Rebelliousslug 3 years ago
The dogs defeated and hopeless shelter pics are always so terribly painful to see
#75
I Was Approved To Adopt My Baby Nelly Two Years Ago Today! She And Her Siblings Were Involved In Drug Trafficking, And She Didn’t Let Anyone Touch Her For 4 Months. Now She Is The Queen Of Sleeping Under The Covers And Playing Fetch!
#76
This Is Rather Old Since I've Had Her For A Few Years But I Found Them Recently In My Camera Roll
#77
This Is My Boy Milo, My Mother Runs A Dog Rescue And After I Lost My 11yr Old Boy Diesel. She Knew I Needed Some Help Coming To Terms With The Loss Of My Best Friend, In Steps The Sweetest Softest Dog I’ve Ever Known. I Love Him Endlessly!
#78
Santa Came Early For This Guy
#79
Patricia Arquette The 3-Legged Poodle! We Are Her Third Home But We Will Keep Her Forever
#82
Celebrating 1 Year With My Foster Fail
#83
12 Weeks, 12 Months, 12 Years. Happy Birthday, Finn!
#84
From Straying To Staying
Firstname Lastname 3 years ago
Please say that target is for where the kisses are supposed to land.
#85
Honey, My Foster Pup. Found Starving On The Street. Has Been Adopted. I Can’t Get Over The Transformation Any Time I See A New Pic
#86
We Rescued This Beautiful Girl Last Month And Brought Her Back To Our Refuge Sara Morocco, She Has Come A Long Way Since We Took Her Off The Streets And Her Smile Warms Our Hearts
#87
Before And A Year After
#88
Before And After Adoption. Welcome To The Family, Luci!
#89
Our Foster Fail Misty. She Went From An 8 Week Old Pup With Horrible Dog Attack Wounds Picked Up By Animal Control To A Happy And Healthy 7 Month Old Loved Family Member
#90
Shelter Pic vs. First Day In A Foster Home
#91
What A Difference Three Weeks Makes
#92
Kenai Starts His Heartworm Treatment Tomorrow, I Can’t Wait For Him To Be Heartworm Free! He’s Come So Far In The Month I’ve Had Him. Already Gained 12 Pounds!
#93
This Street Moroccan Pup Had A Terrible Accident And Was In A Critical State When We Were Alerted To His Situation. Thanks To A Kind Stranger He Was Rescued By Our Refuge Sara Morocco
#94
Belcho, Our Gorgeous Bulgarian Street Dog Rescue Before And One Year After His Adoption ❤
#95
Bugs Mugshot From The Pound, And All Her Beauty After
#96
Day 1 V 2 Years Later
Joshua Moore 3 years ago
I'd like to talk to you about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ....awww who am I kidding, just pet me already. 😁
#97
From The Shelter To Leaving The Best Life!
#98
From Sad And Malnourished To Happy And A Little Chonky
#99
Shelter Photo Versus Two Years Later (I Knew I Wanted Him Because Of How Stressed He Looked)
#100
Before And After My Sweet Tri-Pod Atticus
#101
We Adopted Sophia On Friday!
#105
Our Abused Rescue Husky. Top Left When Surrendered 30 Lbs Underweight, Other Pics Over The Years, Healthy+happy+hedonistic
#106
Our Foster Fail Poppy
ISeeWendiGo 3 years ago
So many pits on here. It breaks my heart, can't thank the good people that took all these dog's on enough!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
#107
From Mangy Street Baby To Couch Potato
#108
Lola
#109
Only A One Month Difference For Petey!
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
Spit and image of Petey the dog from the Little Rascals, even has the “eye patch”! Spanky, Alfalfa, and the rest of Our Gang would be so happy to see this.
#110
It’s Hard To Believe We Only Adopted Alice Three Months Ago!
#111
From Being Found Starving And The Rescue Pleading For A Foster To Welcome Her To Now, 3 Years Later
#112
Meeko Before And After Adoption
#114
From An Abusive Situation That Landed Her In A Boston Shelter To Living It Up In Socal 6 Years Later…!
#117
Jasmine When She Was First Brought To The Shelter vs. Her First Evening Home With Us
#119
Patrick The Rescued Meat Dog. He Came With A Serious, Slightly Worried Expression; Now He’s All Smiles
#120
My Baby Girl, Machi
#121
From Texas Stray To Spoiled Brat, My Boy Han
#124
One Day After Adoption, Then Today. Growing So Fast
#125
Tank Turns 5 This Year. We Were His 3rd Owner By His First Birthday
#130
Lola Was Recued Of A Dog Accumulator As A Little Puppy
#131
First Two Were When He Was Surrendered To Me For Having Seizures, Now Hes Improved So Much With Good Nutrition And Lots Of Vet Visits!
#132
My Alice Girl Has Changed A Lot In Just Six Months!
#138
Here Is Miss Rosalie! Her Adoption Photo And The Day I Brought Her Home 1.5 Years Ago To Just Recently
#139
Still Happy After 3 Years
#141
Chestnut, The Day We Picked Her Up vs. 3 Months (And 30 Lbs) Later
#142
My 12th Foster. Still Working Towards Her "After" But Great Progress So Far!
#143
The First Morning After We Found Them - April 2013 - And This Morning, Their 9th Christmas Home
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Fraxinus excelsior 3 years ago (edited)
Thank you to all the volunteers who help at the shelters, and thank you to all who adopt from the shelters. All of my dogs and cats are rescues, and I wouldn't change how I came to being their mom. Some went too soon, but I know I gave them a good life.Just recently adopted a Yorkie puppy, approx 5 months old, found dumped with her brother. Took her a few days just to be sure of me, but after a few weeks here, she's a bundle of puppy nuttyness,. I see it as someone else's loss and my gain.
Fraxinus excelsior 3 years ago (edited)
Thank you to all the volunteers who help at the shelters, and thank you to all who adopt from the shelters. All of my dogs and cats are rescues, and I wouldn't change how I came to being their mom. Some went too soon, but I know I gave them a good life.Just recently adopted a Yorkie puppy, approx 5 months old, found dumped with her brother. Took her a few days just to be sure of me, but after a few weeks here, she's a bundle of puppy nuttyness,. I see it as someone else's loss and my gain.
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