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If You Are Having A Bad Day, These 50 Before-And-After Dog Photos Are The Happy Endings You Need To See (New Pics)
A dog in a shelter has three possible fates: finding a forever home, ending its days in the shelter, or being put down. In 2024, a whopping 334,000 dogs were euthanized all across the U.S. And while adoption rates are around two million, the number of non-live outcomes is still huge.
What better way to convince people to adopt and not shop than to show them some before-and-after photos of adopted doggos? That's exactly what we're doing here! We've gathered the newest selection of wholesome transformation pics to prove to you that giving an abandoned dog a new home is one of the best feelings in the whole world!
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#1
Nothing I Love More Than My Foster’s Transformations
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#2
Ruth! Given Six Months To Live When I Adopted Her... We're Now At 2.5yrs Together :)
#3
Nothing I Love More Than My Foster’s Transformations
#4
We Found Joey At 5 Weeks Old, Scrounging For Food At A Gas Station, Barely Surviving. Now He’s 9 Months Old And Living His Best Life!
#5
Rescued From The Streets About 3 Months Ago. He's Now Peacefully Snoring In Bed Next To Me. I Love Him So Much
#6
Nothing I Love More Than My Foster’s Transformations
#7
From Neglect To Hope: Nala Could Barely Walk When I Rescued Her— Look At Her Now
#8
Waffles Is Sweeter Than Syrup!
#9
From Cypriot Streets And An Abandoned Box, To Scottish Highlands
#10
This Is Samuel :) He Was Rescued When He Was Just Two Weeks Old, With His Eye And Skull Exposed (No One Knows Exactly What Happened)
I adopted him shortly after. But now he is a loved and happy dog, with a bionic eye that sees everything.
#11
Shiva Is So Proud Of The Amount Of Hair We Brushed Off Today! 💕 She’s Been With Us For More Than A Year Now!
#12
Trigger - Hit By A Car And Left For Dead On The Road With A Broken Leg. 3 Weeks In The Vet And Now Has A Forever Home With 4 Other Dogs
#13
Peanut -- The Rescue Dog That Rescued Me
I grew up with dogs my entire childhood and finally adopted my first dog as an adult. I have three amazing rescue cats, but I was looking for a furry companion that I could take with me and train to become my service animal. That's when I found Peanut at my local shelter -- a sweet, 1-year-old "chiweenie" who came from an ab**ive household. He is everything I could ever hope for in a dog and so much more. As an autistic adult with severe depression and anxiety, Peanut has done wonders for me.
When I first brought him home in September, he was fearful of everyone and everything. He would cower and hide or bark at anyone who approached him. Fast forward to today, and he is super outgoing, friendly, and follows me everywhere! Through training and socialization, I've gotten him to stop barking at strangers while out and about, and I bring him with me nearly everywhere I go. He also ADORES my three cats and loves sleeping on the couch with them.
I'm so happy and grateful to have found and adopted Peanut. He motivates me to go outside more and helps me with my anxiety. I'm not afraid to go shopping anymore because having him with me helps me keep my focus on HIM and not the large, scary crowds around me.
If you're considering adopting, do it! Shelter dogs are the absolute sweetest and they all deserve a loving home. If you have the time and patience, I promise you it is very rewarding and worth it. Just remember that it takes TIME for dogs (and cats!) to ease in to their new surroundings and to trust their new owner -- especially if they came from abusive previous owners. Don't give up on them!
Ren Karlej 2 months ago
Don't ever give up on them even if they don't quite make the improvement you hoped for. My darling messed up rescue boy, so badly treated before I got him... he was doing well and had stopped barking at every car, every dog. Though he wouldn't let me stroke his belly. Then a dog attacked him. It took some time but got him trusting again... Then another dog attacked him. He's no longer willing to trust. Can't say I blame him. Please be mindful of your dogs coping skills around other dogs. He will let me stroke his belly now though. 😊
#14
From Abandon At A Cemetery To Thriving! Meet Anubis!
Beak Hookage 2 months ago
Naming him after the Ancient Egyptian god of the dead after finding him in a cemetery - brilliant.
#15
Zuko The Day He Was Rescued By The Shelter vs. Two Years After Being Adopted. ♥🔥
#16
George, 7 Months Old
#17
From Chained To The Side Of A House To Outdoorsy Oregon Girl!
Her owner went to jail and she was left chained to the side of the house. The first picture was her first night with us. So skinny but has always been a huge cuddle bug. Now she enjoys gorgeous hikes and long naps.
#19
Penny, The Day She Was Found And Now Ten Years Later
#20
Shiva’s First Year Of Life Was Spent Chained And Starved, But Now She’s Healthy And Loved! She Is Also The Best Roadtrip Partner Ever
#21
Phoebe Was Thrown Out After Using Her To Sell Her Puppies. Now She Gets To Be The Baby
Yrral Spavit 2 months ago
There is a special hell for people who use dogs like that. Good on you for saving her :)
#22
Charlotte Before & After
#23
From Sick And Homeless To Living The Good Life!
#24
Tabsi’s Second Chance
#25
When She Was First Rescued, In Greece, And Now With Us
#26
Happy 1st Gotcha Year Antonia! 🐶
#27
12 Years Old Now
#28
You Could Visibly Watch Him Relax As We Drove Away From The Shelter
#29
Adopted A Sickly Senior To Try To Give Her Joy In Her Remaining Months. Then I Cleaned Her Up. I Remain Stunned.😍🥰😍
#30
I Pulled Bella From The Euthanasia List 112 Days Ago To Foster. Today, I Dropped Her Off With Her Forever Family. ❤️
#31
Dolly, She Lived Sadly In The Rain Until I Rescued Her
#32
Nothing I Love More Than My Fosters’ Transformations
#33
We Found Luna On The Street After A Crazy Storm In Indonesia And Flew Her Back Home With Us!
#34
Mochi 8 Months After Being Rescued 🐶🤍
#35
Before And After Adoption, My Beautiful Boy Who Passed Away This Year 💔
#36
Jerry Tomato ~1 Year After Adoption
#37
Terrified And Starved Almost To Death In Macedonia, And Here With Us
#38
Adopted Senior Mini Poodle From Overcrowded Shelter
#40
Von, Before And After Adoption. Adopted April 2020 And Now Protector Of The Couch And Yard And Total Couch Tater
#42
Our Petey Before And After
#43
When We Found Her vs. Now
#44
Dirty Mop Ran Out In Front Of My Car Yesterday
#45
My Tripod Foster Boy, Moose, Before And After I Rescued Him
#46
2 Years To The Day Of Love And Care
#47
My Sweet Baby
#48
This Dude Wandered Up To A Farm. They Let Him Sleep In A Stall, But Obviously It Wasn’t Ideal For Him…
#49
Baby Girl Was So Scared
#50
Third Home In A Week, Day I Got My Boy At 3 Months Old vs. 3 Months Later 💕
His first owner claimed he was “destructive when left alone” (he was a 3 month old puppy) and that he was cat aggressive. The last picture is him and the cats that he apparently hates so much ✨
#51
My Lovely Girl On Her Way To Us In April This Year, vs. Now!
#52
Luna Was Found Found Pregnant Walking Down The Highway. She Gave Birth In Our Apartment To Six Healthy Puppies. Here She Is A Year Later
#53
Before & After Foster 🖤
sophie carter 2 months ago
those eyes could get anything in the world i hope they are spoiled rotten
#54
Blueberry's Transformation!
Cheryl Carter 2 months ago
All they ever want is to be loved and they love you right back 10 fold.
#55
From The Pound To The Penthouse
#56
Almost Her 1 Year Adopt-Iversary!
#57
Got Daisy From A Sweet Couple Who Rescued A Litter Of Puppies From An Abandoned Building. From Scared With Red Inflamed Skin To A Silly Happy Gal :)
#58
Spike - 2.5 Years Later
#59
Lily Finally Has The Life She Deserves
#60
Our Sweet Girl Paisley The Day We Found Her vs. One Month Later
#61
Toby - Shut Down At The Shelter To A Happy, Crazy Boy Now
#62
Checkers 6 Months Later Update (1.5 Years Total) Compared To His Original Shelter Picture And Bio
#63
16-Year-Old Foster Fail
Karynne Williams 2 months ago
I love hearing about foster 'fails' Blessed are those who care for animals.
#64
Acorn In TX 14 Minutes Away From Euthanasia, Acorn In Ky On Her First Gotcha Day
#65
From The Streets. No One Came To Claim. To Adopted By Us. 3 Months Now. 😌 How We Got Him vs. How It’s Going ;)
#66
7 Months After Adoption He Was On His Way Back To The Shelter
To get photos with Santa 🎅 in 2023. He loves car rides 🥰
highwaycrossingfrog 2 months ago
I was so confused until I clicked through to the original post which makes it obvious that this is a single sentence: "7 months after adoption he was on his way back to the shelter... to get photos with Santa".
#67
Nothing I Love More Than My Fosters’ Transformations
#68
My Best Boy Debit The 1st Day From The Shelter To Now
#69
Spike - Coming Up On 3 Years Later
#70
My Big Girl - Rescued After 5 Months In A Shelter
#71
Edgar Before & After Adoption, And 4 Years Later
#72
Belle Ame - Six Years Of Love Makes A Big Difference!
#74
My Molly When I Met Her At The Shelter In 2016, And This Morning
#75
3 Months With Rufus
#80
Clover
I was driving from North Florida to South Florida a while back. At one point, I saw a dog in the median of the highway. But there were two police officers standing with her. I am an animal rescuer and I’m pretty good at handling animals so I thought maybe I should stop and offer my assistance… But we were still in what I would consider the south and all I could picture was the police officers rudely brushing me off. I battled with myself for a few minutes and then decided to turn around. When I got back to where the dog was, I could not believe my eyes. The police had left her there, in the median… Bleeding from her nose. She had obviously fallen out of the back of a pick up truck, probably an unloved hunting dog.. and they just left her in the median of a busy highway. I ran and grabbed her and looked up the closest veterinary clinic, which was named Shamrock veterinary clinic, lucky for her! I saw the police officers just down the road hanging and chatting on the side of the road. Disgusting.
She was stable enough to come home with me, so that’s what we did… After she started feeling better, she started exploring the house, and we realized quickly she had never been in a house before. The TV was amazing and her reflection and windows and doors was startling! my former college professor saw her post on Facebook and wanted to adopt her… She had since moved out of the area so her friend’s private plane ended up being her rescue express!
And yes, I snapped pictures as I was running up to her. I’m a RESCUER and I know how important photos are for fundraising and I didn’t know how much veterinary care she would need! I could barely breathe as I was running up to her her I was so astonished at the turn of events.
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Yrral Spavit 2 months ago
When you get a dog from a shelter you save two. The one you bring home and the one who gets her space at the shelter.
Gingersnap In Iowa 2 months ago
Well... once again I'm bawling. Must go hug Melvin and Baby girl.
Ms.GB 2 months ago (edited)
The best part of working with animals (besides the kisses) is seeing people bring in rescue pets and getting a front row seat to watch what an impact a little tlc makes week after week, month after month.
Bananaramamama 2 months ago
Agree. I am the crazy wife who worked for a vet and there was almost always an animal in need that I was carrying home. Often I got to see them after they found new families, the transformation is unbelievable
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arthbach 2 months ago
I managed to view two dogs before I started crying. Couldn't bear to see any more dogs in such terrible conditions, although it was wonderful seeing those two happy, healthy dogs.___ Thank you to all who work so hard in rescue places and those who foster. You are wonderful.
Janissary35680 2 months ago
I don't need to have "a bad day" (as the article's title implies) to want to see these.
cauldrons & cupcakes 2 months ago
I support AUTOMATIC euthanasia for ANYONE who hurts/abuses animals.
Yrral Spavit 2 months ago
When you get a dog from a shelter you save two. The one you bring home and the one who gets her space at the shelter.
Gingersnap In Iowa 2 months ago
Well... once again I'm bawling. Must go hug Melvin and Baby girl.
Ms.GB 2 months ago (edited)
The best part of working with animals (besides the kisses) is seeing people bring in rescue pets and getting a front row seat to watch what an impact a little tlc makes week after week, month after month.
Bananaramamama 2 months ago
Agree. I am the crazy wife who worked for a vet and there was almost always an animal in need that I was carrying home. Often I got to see them after they found new families, the transformation is unbelievable
Load More Replies... arthbach 2 months ago
I managed to view two dogs before I started crying. Couldn't bear to see any more dogs in such terrible conditions, although it was wonderful seeing those two happy, healthy dogs.___ Thank you to all who work so hard in rescue places and those who foster. You are wonderful.
Janissary35680 2 months ago
I don't need to have "a bad day" (as the article's title implies) to want to see these.
cauldrons & cupcakes 2 months ago
I support AUTOMATIC euthanasia for ANYONE who hurts/abuses animals.
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