"She Looks So Ugly, She’ll Never Get Adopted": Shelter Dog Can't Understand Why No One Wants To Adopt Her

People are likely to believe blindly in what they see with their eyes and therefore forget the intangible values. That’s why they often judge others based on their appearance, and even animals aren’t the exception to this rule. While everyone loves beautiful things, that doesn’t mean someone has to be flawless to prove they deserve love.
Let’s meet Dutchess, the sweet pup with a big heart in the Orange County Animal Services (OCAS). She was 4 years old by the time she got there and was eager to get out of the kennel and head to a forever home.

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The pup wagged his tail friendly whenever someone passed by her place and hoped the right one would stop, but no one did after over a month. However, it’s lucky she couldn’t understand what the visitors say about two pom-pom-sized cysts under her eyes.
“It doesn’t affect her in any way except one: People cannot seem to get past it,” OCAS wrote in a Facebook post. “The hard part is hearing the comments about her: ‘She looks so ugly.’ ‘What’s wrong with her? She’ll never get adopted.’”

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All the staff at the center knew Dutchess was a sweet dog craving a loving family for so long. They all tried their best to convince every potential adopter to see her worth.
“The heartbreaking part is that Dutchess absolutely adores everyone,” OCAS wrote. “She runs up to the kennel doors every day, excited for a new day, relentlessly optimistic.”

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The shelter’s attempt paid off when a person from Rescue Dogs Dream, Inc. (RDD) saw the post about Dutchess on Facebook and took her to a foster home within 48 hours.
“This sweet girl got her freedom right out of Orange County Animal Services and into a loving foster home yesterday,” RDD wrote in a Facebook post. “She is doing great and is happy to be free.”

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While Dutchess enjoyed the happy time in her foster mother’s embrace, lots of adoption applications and inquiries were sent to RRD. Finally, the perfect people for her were discovered! “They recently lost one of their fur babies and had been looking for the right fit,” RDD wrote on Facebook a few days later. “They knew instantly [that] Duchess was the one for them.”
Dutchess had to meet a vet before going to her home to check the cysts under her eyes. The vet determined that those cysts should be removed since they obscured her sight and make her uneasy. “Although not dangerous, they still [need] to be removed …” RDD wrote in another post on Facebook.

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The surgery was operated on a week later, and Dutchess recovered at her foster home a few hours before being picked up by her forever family.
She was renamed Lena and got on well with her new parents and pup brothers in no time. She still needed some time to fully recover, but she certainly had lots of happy moments to spend with her loving family. “She’s so sweet [and] just loves to play and be around us all the time,” Lena’s parents told RDD, which they shared later on in a Facebook update. “She is a wonderful girl, and we love her so much!”

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Lena’s parents couldn’t help but love her more and more, and everyone at the shelter also felt happy for the lovely pup. “We’re so happy for our special girl,” RDD wrote. “She will be loved and cherished for the beautiful pup that she is for the rest of her life!”
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