45 Wholesome Pics Of Adopted Pets That Show What Joy Giving Them A Second Chance Brings To Everybody (August Edition)
The inevitable has arrived and summer has come close to its end. Before we start feeling autumn blues, there’s still a ray of joy left to squeeze from August and it’s Bored Panda’s monthly batch of adopted pets.
Thanks to the purrfect corner of Reddit known as BeforeNAfterAdoption, which provides an endless source of images of rescued woofers and adopted pooches, we compiled a heartmelting list to enjoy with your cuppa.
So without further ado, pull your seat closer, scroll down below and upvote your favorite adoption stories. If you, too, recently became a mom or a dad to a four-legged friend, share your story in the comments below!
And after you’re done, be sure to check out our previous monthly adoption features here, here and here.
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My Daughter's Happy Tears Tonight When Our Skittish Rescue Made A Rare Public Appearance To Snuggle With Her
Aww, that looks like the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Mine started out skittish too, now she follows me around everywhere, uses my head as a pillow and yells at me if I’m home late from work.
Awww, that means your rescue kitty feels incredibly safe and loved by your daughter. May this be the start of a beautiful friendship.
I'm not tearing up at all...but this is super special...glad they found each other
Ohh...and it is just the beginning of a relationship both will cherish!
My Rescue Kitty Holds Me While I Do Laundry. She’s So Grateful
6/22 - Their Person Passed Away The Same Week As My Dad. Now We’re Surviving Together
Absolutely. Thank you so much.
Load More Replies...I'm not gonna lie the one on the left looks like he's planning something...
He is absolutely always planning something lol. He keeps me laughing.
Load More Replies...They have definitely helped my heart!
Load More Replies...Pet adoption is still on the rise. As the worldwide pandemic hit, many hoomans realized that they needed some extra fluffiness to warm their hearts in this chaotic world. Meanwhile, experts continually urge every potential adoptive pet parent to think very carefully through their decision, be realistic about how much time and effort they can devote, and not adopt impulsively.
However, there’s one thing that seems to be clear for most pet owners and that’s what kind of pet they want. No wonder people like to refer to themselves as either cat or dog people, and these two groups are often pretty strictly defined. In fact, cat people say they find a better connection with fellow feline aficionados, while dog people may give a Tinder date a hard pass if they find they’re into cats more than dogs.
I Went To A Place That Fosters Cats To Adopt One Today, When I Put The Carrier Down Otto Just Jumped Straight In And Decided That I Wasn’t Getting A Choice
It's so cool when your furbaby picks you. Mine did as a very tiny puppy 3 years ago
One of my rescues chose me and when I found out the breeder was going to 'humanely destroy him' (spoiler it wasn't going to be humane) I had to rescue him! He was the runt of a massive litter and a Maine c**n who are meant to be big. She wasn't showing him with the group of kittens and I was on crutches so sat down and felt something brush against my foot. Reached down and found this teeny tiny kitten and he walked up to my chest looked into my eyes and curled up. I said she forgot a kitten and she explained he wouldn't make her any money and hence why she was going get rid of him and instantly I said I would have him and she thought me stupid. She said he was so small he would be unhealthy and not survive. Well he's now 7 and whilst the size of a 3-4 month old Maine c**n, he's perfectly healthy and the only time he's had to go the vets bar his injections was when he ate too many mice and disrupted his gut flora in his stomach and I had to give him good bacteria powder with his food!
We Went To Adopt 1 Dog And Left With Both, Can’t Separate Brothers!
Folks, please: if you consider getting pets, please get a carrier or, if available for the species, a harness that can be connected to the seatbelt lock. In case of an accident, these two cuties will be mush against the (rest of the) windshield. And having a cat run wild because a truck honked, for example, may lead to a crash in seconds.
Very important advice. One step further: put ID on the carriers/travel harnesses. Name of animal, vet clinic info, owner's name/address/phone. In the event of an accident, responders will know immediately how to handle the situation. A terrified animal will flee the scene and no one wants that.
Load More Replies...Same.. But I wonder if ppl understand the extra costs of adopting a couple, food, litter (for cats) and periodically shots, treatments and medical care. It's quite expensive and adding up. For about 15/20 years. Not a decision that is to be taken lightly. For any animal. I sometimes see quite poor families with 5 dogs, 3 cats, birds, ferrets,... etc, while on welfare. Nor 'fare' to anyone.
Load More Replies...Who else thinks the dog on the right tounge looks like Neapolitan ice cream?
this is what happened when i got my kittens a few years back. they were litter mates...and i ended up taking them both. Names are Whitney and Bobby
Found This Stray Kitten With A Broken Leg At Work A Couple Months Ago. Got To Visit Her In The Shelter Today And Will Be Adopting Her After She Gets Spayed Next Week!
What a sweet angel! She should make a great roommate for years to come.
And you will both live happily ever after. Best decision you ever made!
Ollie Wandered Out Of The Woods Two Weeks Ago And Has Officially Adopted Us
I should stay closer to the woods more often. I'd like a kitty wandering out on me as well 😍
Ollie is an incredibly handsome kitty. I love his two different colour.
We had a kitten adopt us when I was in college, at my aunt’s house, where we had taken in another stray a few years before. This time he walked right to me, was even smaller than the other one and had some injuries. We nursed him back to health and I convinced my parents we could have a 3rd. He’s 13 now, is therapy for my parents and it was so hard to decide to leave him with my parents when I got married, but I know they needed him. Plus I gained a cat and dog, who has become a mommy’s girl, and we rescued a neglected cat. I still have many cuddles with Sunny when I visit my parents and helped look after him when my dad was at the hospital a lot of the summer. And, the dog and Sunny get along relatively well when she comes along to visit.
Load More Replies...So to find out more about whether cat people and dog people are really as different as they'd like to think, Bored Panda spoke with Professor Samuel D. Gosling, a professor at the Department Of Psychology at The University Of Texas. Gosling has three main areas of interest: Connections between people and the physical spaces in which they live, personality in nonhuman animals, and new methods for obtaining data useful for research in the social sciences.
Gosling told us that on average dog and cat people are indeed different but there's a lot of overlap between the two groups. “Just as men are on average taller than women, there is still a lot of overlap between the two groups in height (i.e., men are generally taller than women but there are still lots of women taller than lots of men).”
Made My Dog A Bow Tie And Cake For Her Adoption Day/Birthday
According to the original post: Dog safe cake made with apple sauce, peanut butter, pumpkin and yogurt.
Load More Replies...I Adopted This Cat From The Shelter 9 Days Ago. This Is The Look She Gave Me This Morning
Kitty knows she found her forever home <3 shelter pets are the best, they're so grateful
Yup, they are!! My rescue Tortie has been doing this every time she sees me for 10 years now!
Load More Replies...Curled front paws and a sweet dreamy gaze...she feels safe and happy!
Oh she looks so content and grateful. Do you know her background. Rescues are the best. Good on you she's going to love ❤ you forever.
I will be angelic for now but in two months oh all hell will break lose
Showing her belly too tells you she feels safe and has accepted you. Beautiful sight.
A Week Into Adoption vs. First Birthday
Oh my, what a fantastic transference. Good on you. Enjoy your lifes together. That's amazing.
Meet Gusgus, I Rescued Him Yesterday From A Girl Who Was Gonna Throw Him Out
I used to work at an animal shelter and one day a cop came by and dropped off a hedgehog and a snake that he fished out of a dumpster.
Load More Replies...Aww cutie gusgus, he makes me gushgush And his hair is so mussmuss! He say "why da fussfuss?"
Bless his heart, how could anyone be so heartless to abandon any living creature dependent on us 🥺
I found a domestic rat in the lot behind a nursing home I used to work at one night while sitting outside taking a break. I knew she wasn’t wild from her markings and from owning domestic rats in the past. There’s a triplex right beside the facility and I’m assuming whoever owned had moved and figured she was a rodent and would be ok living outside. It took three of us an hour to lure her into a box, but we did & I took her home & she lived happy and died knowing love for the next year. My daughter named her Nazumi, which means rat/rodent in Japanese. Some ppl just suck
Load More Replies...Only people who have no soul do such things, unfortunately there are way too many of them.
Load More Replies...Why would anybody ever throw an animal out. This littley is adorable and you have got good karma fon your side. Thankyou for being an outstanding human. Hope you both live long happy lives together. Walk tall and be proud . Hugs and kisses to your baby.
An African miniature hedgehog… just like my furry lap cactus baby Cello :)
Load More Replies...If only human beings could return the same amount of love that he will, pound for pound.
“So, with that background, yes, people who self-identify as dog people are reliably different from people who self-identify as cat people,” the professor said.
According to Gosling, “people who self-identify as dog people are higher on the Big Five traits of Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness and lower on the Big Five traits of Neuroticism and Openness than are people who self-identify as cat people.” In order to get a better sense of what's meant by those personality labels, Gosling’s advice is to read about the Big Five.
Meet Our Rescue Cat Mr. Chubbyhugs!
Bonnie’s Big Smile On Her Adoption Day
This Is Tucker. He's A 4-Year-Old Lab/Retriever Mix And He Was Just Adopted By The Seattle Mariners Clubhouse
He's gonna get to hang out at the ballpark all the time, travel with the squad and enjoy his very own unlimited supply of baseballs. Doesn’t get better than this!
This beautiful boy looks like Shea, the NY Mets team pupper. Every team should have a doggo.
A retrieving dog's dream: Live with people who can throw balls really far!
You can see this dog knows he just hit the jackpot. And.........deserves it!!!!!
My Rescue’s First Night Home
Even dogs love baby Yoda. Wait... dogs love everything except mailmen. :]
In a previous interview, we also spoke with Yulia Popyk, an animal behavior expert from Petcube Emergency Fund who explained that there are a number of reasons for the surge in pet adoptions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“First, many people were (and perhaps many still are) spending more time at home and were looking for a companion. Second, some people have been looking for a sense of normalcy during these uncertain times. Third, pets can provide emotional support and help reduce stress and anxiety. Last but not least, adopting a pet from a shelter or rescue organization can help save a life.”
Popyk added that this fact itself already provides enough motivation and inspiration during hard times like these.
Adopted This Cutie, He Been With Us For 2 Weeks. His Name Is Boots
I'm sure they allow him to sense things in the next county.
Load More Replies...I came here to say this. I also immediately thought of Tesla or Edison because ... static electricity.
Load More Replies...Boots is so cute. He kinda has a funny face but in an adorable way haha
Meet Jinx, My Newly Adopted 3 Legged Siamese Friend
We saw an old lady with 2 tripod greyhounds on our way to the vet once, mentioned it to the vet, he said oh yes that's Mrs so-and-so, she always has three legged greyhounds....
Just Adopted This Handsome Devil
My Newly Adopted Bestie
Looks almost identical to my Blue and white staffie named Dabby I adopted Dec 6, 2020 😍 You will get an over abundance of appreciation and love with an equal mix of “the zoomies” for the rest of your life with your new bff lol. it’s like they have a wind up tool and won’t stop until the winder unturns all the way 😂 random acts of craziness
They have very expressive ears too and eyes you melt in to 🥰
Load More Replies...Meanwhile, during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people were at home more often and had more time to care for a pet. Pets also provide companionship and help reduce stress and anxiety which became something we all craved during those uncertain times.
At the same time, pet adoption should be viewed as a tremendous responsibility. Popyk argues that every person who considers pet adoption should start by asking themselves if they are prepared to commit to taking care of another living creature for the duration of its life. “This includes feeding, walking, exercising, and providing veterinary care as needed,” she added.
Adopted 2 Kittens From Different Litters. I Am Jealous Of Their Relationship
I’m showing my pups all these wonderful pics, but she’s the most jealous animal i’ve met. She snorts and shakes her head. Spoiled brat.
I want to own 20 cats. My husband would divorce me! They are too precious!
Adopted A 10 Year Old Blind/Declawed Kitty This Week And She Is Settling In Perfectly
Bless her heart, I'm so glad she's found a furever home. Declawing is so cruel and inhumane it should be illegal.
Isn't it!? Same with cropping ears and tails in dogs. It's illegal in most countries. (I loathe a famous TTer who had his Dobers ears cropped. Answered with some b******t about a medical mishap. Three times? On three different dogs?! Yeah right. A**hole.)
Load More Replies...WHO DECLAWS CATS?? It should be illegal. No one is ripping out my fingernails...
I heard it's akin to cutting off your first knuckle. I don't know if that's true because I refuse to look up something so disgusting. But only ássholes do it; though perhaps there are medical instances but I don't know
Load More Replies...We Adopted This Little Nugget. Meet Woof
I can only imagine how silly it would sound if they (God forbid) ever got out. Hearing people repeatedly call for a human named dog sounds funny enough. Just imagine how much funnier it would sound hearing people repeatedly say that name.
My Goofy Goober, Zeus. I Never Know I Could Love An Animal So Much
I didn't know I was capable of feeling the depth of feelings I have for my guy. it's kinda scary sometimes. to think he loves me back.......man that's intense!
I did. Glad you found out. I mean there is love and then there's love of a Dog.
Newly Adopted! I Named Him Steven
My grammars name was Steven. And he had eyes that were similar to this cats eyes. He passed on January,5,21 But beautiful cat and an amazing name.
Load More Replies...I Just Adopted A Cat That Likes To Hoard Mice
🤣 my cat hides every toy he enjoys and then turns up with one of them out of the blue! I’ve searched and searched (even under appliances), but his “stash” remains undiscovered. He’s BIG! A Maine C**n who can reach almost anything in the house, so I’ve called off the search! He plays fetch with me with his favorite toys, but then they disappear again until he wants interactive play! Once I was looking for him frantically and found him in a cupboard above the stove completely relaxed in a rarely used wok.😳 Love his creativity 🥰
Glad my cat’s breed has been edited out 🙄. Perhaps I need to spell it as Maine coone
Load More Replies...Meet Lilo, Rescued From The Envigo 4000 Hence The Ear Tattoo. We're Going To Give Her The Wonderful Life She Deserves
Hope those Envigo and Inotiv people suffer greatly knowing that their evil plans to make money off the misery of animals were thwarted.
I don't know what the envigo 5000 is, but that ear tattoo tells me it's a very good thing you rescued him
For those who might have not have time to search for this info, the Humane Society of the US rescued 4000 beagles from a commercial breeder supplier for labs that experiment on dogs.
Load More Replies...Please do! Beagles are amazing, beautiful, clever, funny, brilliant dogs! They deserve all the love
Her eyes look so vacant☹️ I know you will have them sparkling in no time!!
Some if not all of these dogs have spent their whole life in cages, bred just to be experimented on. Your words made me cry in hope xxx
Load More Replies...Would you please in the months to come, give us an update on how she is doing? Thank you so much for adopting her giving her the kind of life she so deserves
I was just going to ask the same thing! Not sure how you do it on Panda, but maybe one on another site?
Load More Replies...Appropriately Named Kitten, Fern. She Has An Approved Adopter, No Surprise
We adopted a 5-yr old goldie - he has eyeliner galore lol.
Load More Replies...Just Adopted… She’s Precious!
I Just Adopted These Kittens And I Really Need You To See Them
I also adopted a orange and a black kittens and they are spoiled no regrets.
always get two - we got one and discovered her brother had been sent to the shelter too. TWO are so much more fun!
Here Is Cleo. I Adopted Her Sunday After Living Alone For 4 Years And She Is Now My Official Computer Buddy
Well that's the end of your Minecraft days ...that keyboard and your soul now belongs to her 😁
Best to make her a heated throne now. You might get to keep your desk.
Load More Replies...Adopted Him Last Week. He's Extremely Energetic And Loves Everyone In My Family And So Do We. I Named Him Dior
Dior! Adorable. Tell me, are you a Christian child?🎶 (he said) Ma’am I am tonight! 🎶
Just Adopted This Sweet Pupper
That is definitely a wolf hybrid. I really hope this person has done their research, it can be very tricky dealing with wolfdogs.
Hybrid or no, let them love each other and be blessed.
Load More Replies...That's a wolfdog they are wonderful but very much a lot of intense caretaker input. Please research as yetichild said. Please.
How do you tell it's a wolf-dog hybrid? My doggo was a shepherd husky cross and looked a lot like this.
First look is the lankiness. Long legs, lean. Definitely a predator. This is NOT A BAD THING.
Load More Replies...Beautiful dog, might be a hybrid but might not be. I would suggest getting a DNA test done to be sure. I have come across a couple of dogs that where surposed to be hybrids but when tested where not so don't jump to conclusions but if he is a hybrid as others have said you will need to get some really good advice on how to care for him the best.
We used to have a German shepherd, husky, wolf. He had the face of a white wolf, a body of the German shepherd,, and the fluffy, curled tail of a husky!🥰 I sure loved that dog. Had him for five years as an elder dog.💗
I could see this lil girl/guy being a husky/malamute/arctic dog type that's just underweight. Fatten them up and he might look more like a domestic breed than a wolf hybrid, especially since they are a recent adoption.
Hope you bought some new running shoes, you're going to need them!!
I Adopted A Cat Who Has Spent The Last Year And A Half In The Shelter. Her Name Is Minerva And She Is The Prettiest
My Uncle Just Retired And Decided To Adopt This Fella
He looks like a rascally “Benny” 😂 that look makes me think he has an opinion he needs you to hear too
My beagle mix is a huge couch potato.he takes after his mom who's is a beagle. His father is a cocker spaniel.
Load More Replies...Just Adopted This Sassy Girl
Aaaw😍❤️❤️ I adopted 2 adult cats. Brothers. They're like my sons to me. I love them SO MUCH 😍 Cats are the BEST 😻😻😻😻😻😻😻
My kind of girl.. got that resting Beyoncé face as of saying “my head ain’t gonna scratch itself” lol lol #Diva #QueenB… but with those eyes, I bet she won’t wait long 😍😍 she is gorgeous
Hi Everyone, Meet My Smol Baby Tortie Kaia. My First Kitty Ever! Just Adopted Her Yesterday
Looks a bit more cream coloured to me but I agree that it's cute
Load More Replies...She is precious! Congratulations, and hope you two have an awesome life together!
New Rescue Foster Has Taken A Shine To Me
Fulfilled My Lifetime Dream And Adopted My First Cat Today From A Rescue! He Doesn’t Have A Name Yet But He Sure Has My Heart
He looks like a little astronaut in that bubble waiting for take off to his next adventure . I’m hearing David Bowie’s song Space Oddity in my head now which made me think of movie that featured his song in it. The Secret life of Walter Mitty.. a man who had a series of “first times” after living a very habitual monotonous working as a proofreader in the basement of Life magazine after being sent to find a famous photographer played by Sean Penn by his employer. You will experience many firsts together 💗 cue to song: 🎶 Ground Control to Major Tom… Ground control to Major Tom. Eat your protein bars and put your helmet on” 🎶
Awww! Congratulations! I agree with Jaekry, Neo is an awesome name for your new companion!
Today I Adopted My Son, Brick!
I don't like people who call their pets their kids. I don't have kids or anything, but I feel like it's better to call them kitcats. That's what I do.
Our Foster Fail Rescue Kitty That We’re Now Committing To Moving To The UK From Nz With Us! No One Wanted To Adopt Her, Can You Believe That?!
Same here...9 of ours (mostly foster fails) and 6 fosters (fosters are usually bottle babies or kittens in a very bad way. Example: Shiloh, who got in a fight with a car engine...lost one back leg and all but one pad on another.
Load More Replies...Yeah. I'm on the foster fail trail as well. Eddie, 5 y/o with numerous medical and dental issues, was in our home for a whole 4 days before we adopted him.
Thank you for realizing that she is family and wherever you go she does too🙂❤️
Thank you for adopting her and for taking her with you when you move. Best of luck in your new home
All three of mine are foster fails. I have two more right now that were born outside and I brought them in..don't know what to do or how to find good homes..
Big Day Today For Avatar From Our Cat Shelter. His First Time In The Adoption Room Where He’s Free To Run Around And Play As He Likes. Meeting The Others Was A Little Stressful But He Did Really Well
His paws look way too big for him, but I guess he'll grow into them. What a heckin' cute fella :)
He might be a big boy. Mine grew wider, and into some pretty big paws he already had on his birthday. Vic
Load More Replies...My Inmate’s Adoption Mugshot
That picture is just adorable! Sweet baby Jesus, how cute can he get!?!?!?!
[oc] Our Newly Adopted Beanie Boy!
Murph Found Her Forever Home
I Just Adopted A Kitten. Would Love To Know Her Breed If Anyone Can Help Me Out, I’d Truly Appreciate It
She is a gorgeous mix breed— Siamese, probably, with Ragdoll and other breeds
I can see the rag doll and Siamese too!! So so pretty 💗
Load More Replies...A sealpoint something or the other. A sealpoint sweetheart looks like to me.
Snowshoe siamese I believe. Get colors will lighten and darken as she gets older. 🥰
Snowshoe have white markings. My last cat had tuxedo markings with seal point color. When he was a kitten you couldn't tell where the white markings ended because his coat was white, but he had dark arms (all 4 feet white), a black tail, black ears and a black nose with a white stripe down the middle.
Load More Replies...Just Adopted Her This Morning! Name Ideas?
My cats are named Severus Snape and Donut. Donut is pregnant with three kittens, and our family are trying to get names :)
Please spay donut after her kittens are weened, there are too many homeless cats in this world.
Load More Replies...Just Adopted Pickle A Few Days Ago, She Is Incredibly Cute, Though She Has An Extreme Meowing Problem. How Can I Help Her Along?
If Pickle is yowling and meowing for seemingly no reason, she is in heat. The only real cure is to have her spayed.
Spay and neuter aaaalll cats and dogs. We have enough. Funnily the persons who disagree (especially when it comes to neutering male dogs) are always MEN. Like it's personal to them. Hilarious to see the male insecurity on this topic.
Load More Replies...I would take any new rescue to the vet, and discuss this. Could be in heat, or some other problem! (My vet thought my older cat has a thyroid issue, possibly from her incessant meowing!)
Some cats just talk a lot - we have a Siamese boy that never shuts up, His sister, not so much
My new grandson, Gawain, was very talkative his first couple of weeks, but has quieted as he got used to having a hooman of his very own.
I love happy endings so much, thank you. Can all animal loving pandas get on here and share the love so that its not just me on here lol xx
But I’m glad you are on here, Deborah Harris. I always look forward to see what you have to say :)
Load More Replies...I adopted two very feral kittens a couple of years ago. They lived behind my washing machine for at least two weeks. I didn't push it and let them come to me when they were ready... and now they never leave my side. I love them with all of my heart.
I have two kittens at home. We rescued them from an abandoned warehouse. It took about three months for them to start to come around us. The female isn't very affectionate and don't like very many pets. But the male is turning into a big cuddle bug. Still skiddish, and don't like being picked up yet. But he will sit next to me and knead my leg as I pet him. I wasn't so sure and rescuing two feral kittens but it has been a fun crazy journey with them two
It's nice to see so many people willing to rescue. I have 8 rescue pets but our youngest cat was pregnant when we got her, now I have 6 (yes 6 from a 4lb cat) of the sweetest and most loving kittens that I CANNOT find decenthomes for. Momma is getting spayed next week. I love these babies and they deserve better than shelter life.
I love happy endings so much, thank you. Can all animal loving pandas get on here and share the love so that its not just me on here lol xx
But I’m glad you are on here, Deborah Harris. I always look forward to see what you have to say :)
Load More Replies...I adopted two very feral kittens a couple of years ago. They lived behind my washing machine for at least two weeks. I didn't push it and let them come to me when they were ready... and now they never leave my side. I love them with all of my heart.
I have two kittens at home. We rescued them from an abandoned warehouse. It took about three months for them to start to come around us. The female isn't very affectionate and don't like very many pets. But the male is turning into a big cuddle bug. Still skiddish, and don't like being picked up yet. But he will sit next to me and knead my leg as I pet him. I wasn't so sure and rescuing two feral kittens but it has been a fun crazy journey with them two
It's nice to see so many people willing to rescue. I have 8 rescue pets but our youngest cat was pregnant when we got her, now I have 6 (yes 6 from a 4lb cat) of the sweetest and most loving kittens that I CANNOT find decenthomes for. Momma is getting spayed next week. I love these babies and they deserve better than shelter life.
