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“Unusual Looking” Puppy Adopted By Family Who Didn’t Care About Her Scars
Disfigured animals usually have a harder time getting adopted from shelters, but this dog got “lucky.” Lisa the 10-week-old puppy was brought to the Humane Society Of Silicon Valley with scars all over her face and inflamed eyelids that required surgery. The shelter staff weren’t sure they could find a home for the pup, until Christine Doblar and her family walked in.
“My girls were freaking out the whole time that somebody else was going to take her,” Doblar told The Dodo. “She’s pretty funky looking [but she] has a wonderful, sparkling personality. The fact that she was going to each of us, and just as loving and exuberant with everyone she greeted … we looked at a few more dogs but nobody could compare to that.” The family went back the same day and adopted Lisa, who they renamed “Lucky.”
More info: hssv.org | Facebook (h/t: thedodo)
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10-month-old puppy Lisa was recently brought to a California shelter
Image credits: Jackie MacMillan/HSSV
Her face was covered in scars and her eyelids required surgery
Image credits: Jackie MacMillan/HSSV
“She could be hard to look at,” said HSSV’s Finnegan Dowling
Image credits: Jackie MacMillan/HSSV
The shelter staff weren’t sure Lisa would ever get adopted
Image credits: Christine Doblar
Until Christine Doblar and her family walked in
Image credits: Jackie MacMillan/HSSV
“She just has a wonderful, sparkling personality…we looked at a few more dogs but nobody could compare to that”
Image credits: Jackie MacMillan/HSSV
The family decided to rename her Lucky, “cause we’re both lucky,” and adopted her that same day
Image credits: Christine Doblar
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KathyLaPan 10 years ago
My mom always chose the disfigured animals first because they needed the loves.
UlrikaTückdeMantel 10 years ago
i do the same as your mom. most of the people only like normal or beautiful animals. it´s easy to love them.
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EvaTorkildsen 10 years ago
With this lovely family - I think little Lucky will find a lot of confidence.
LaurieKokochak 10 years ago
How could anyone not love that little face.. So happy to hear Lucky will have a loving family and a forever home.
MichelleDuffScarano 10 years ago
She isn't ugly at all I think she is adorable. I would adopt her in a heart beat. This pup doesn't look like it has scars on it's face. I think it's just part Chinese Crested or has a birth defect.
CallisaChalmers-Kilhams 10 years ago
I have to say, I looked at this little dog and I didn't see what her problem was, I just saw a beautiful little one who needed to be loved xx
mar 10 years ago
I've always adopted disfigured animals. When I was a kid, I adopted this small kitten that had only half his nose left. No one in my family really liked him when they first saw him but as time went by he was loved by everyone as he was the cuttest cat ever. Unfortunately, he passed away a couple of years ago and I still miss him.
VirginiaFilip 10 years ago
Isn't this what we all want? To accepted for who we are? LOVE this family! and LOVE this cutie-pa-tutie puppy!!!
PpJjTreecharoenwiwat 10 years ago
Lucky is cute just like adog toy. You are heros to adopt her.
DonnaSweeney 10 years ago
Sorry 4 the 2 post, I didn't see My post here so good thing I saved it first, so I added it in, and now I see both of Them & I can't delete the first 1 I posted. & I also just noticed somebody else thinks She's maybe half crested as well. That was My very first thought which was why I mentioned the hare foot on all 4 feet, 2 have an idea of what She might be, Possibilities help :)
DonnaSweeney 10 years ago
Awwww How cute, I had a Chinese Crested, a very hairy hairless with that look, He was born a hairless then ended up like this by B4, 8 weeks old, Cute. Beautiful name, the poor thing put into an animal shelter just 4 Her looks. God bless You 4 wanting Her Oh, A Chinese Crested Dog also has a Hare's foot , not the normal dog feet as the rest :)
DonnaSweeney 10 years ago
Awwww How cute, I had a Chinese Crested, a very hairy hairless with that look, He was born a hairless then ended up like this by B4, 8 weeks old, Cute. Beautiful name, the poor thing put into an animal shelter just 4 Her looks. God bless You 4 wanting Her
KathyLaPan 10 years ago
My mom always chose the disfigured animals first because they needed the loves.
UlrikaTückdeMantel 10 years ago
i do the same as your mom. most of the people only like normal or beautiful animals. it´s easy to love them.
Load More Replies... EvaTorkildsen 10 years ago
With this lovely family - I think little Lucky will find a lot of confidence.
LaurieKokochak 10 years ago
How could anyone not love that little face.. So happy to hear Lucky will have a loving family and a forever home.
MichelleDuffScarano 10 years ago
She isn't ugly at all I think she is adorable. I would adopt her in a heart beat. This pup doesn't look like it has scars on it's face. I think it's just part Chinese Crested or has a birth defect.
CallisaChalmers-Kilhams 10 years ago
I have to say, I looked at this little dog and I didn't see what her problem was, I just saw a beautiful little one who needed to be loved xx
mar 10 years ago
I've always adopted disfigured animals. When I was a kid, I adopted this small kitten that had only half his nose left. No one in my family really liked him when they first saw him but as time went by he was loved by everyone as he was the cuttest cat ever. Unfortunately, he passed away a couple of years ago and I still miss him.
VirginiaFilip 10 years ago
Isn't this what we all want? To accepted for who we are? LOVE this family! and LOVE this cutie-pa-tutie puppy!!!
PpJjTreecharoenwiwat 10 years ago
Lucky is cute just like adog toy. You are heros to adopt her.
DonnaSweeney 10 years ago
Sorry 4 the 2 post, I didn't see My post here so good thing I saved it first, so I added it in, and now I see both of Them & I can't delete the first 1 I posted. & I also just noticed somebody else thinks She's maybe half crested as well. That was My very first thought which was why I mentioned the hare foot on all 4 feet, 2 have an idea of what She might be, Possibilities help :)
DonnaSweeney 10 years ago
Awwww How cute, I had a Chinese Crested, a very hairy hairless with that look, He was born a hairless then ended up like this by B4, 8 weeks old, Cute. Beautiful name, the poor thing put into an animal shelter just 4 Her looks. God bless You 4 wanting Her Oh, A Chinese Crested Dog also has a Hare's foot , not the normal dog feet as the rest :)
DonnaSweeney 10 years ago
Awwww How cute, I had a Chinese Crested, a very hairy hairless with that look, He was born a hairless then ended up like this by B4, 8 weeks old, Cute. Beautiful name, the poor thing put into an animal shelter just 4 Her looks. God bless You 4 wanting Her
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