SECOND CHANCESThe Twenty Percent

MARK & SASHA

FILLING A VOIDAfter dog sitting, for a neighbor, Mark realized that he would love to have a dog of his own. Knowing that Mark was interested is having a dog of his known, his friend made sure that Mark was the first one to know when he found Sasha dropped in his backyard. Mark took sasha to the animal shelter to properly adopt her.

TERRY & CRICKET

SHE CHOSE METerry adopted Cricket when she visited the animal shelter just as moral support for a friend. She sat down in the dog play area and Cricket jumped on her and sat down on her lap with no intension of getting up. Terry brought her home that same day.

TAILA & MOLLY

TIFFANY & GADGET

MEANT TO BEMolly entered Talia’s life after being adopted by her then fiancée. Although her relationship with her fiancée did not last, her and Molly’s relationship was meant to last forever. Tiffany has always wanted a dog. After convincing her husband, she spotted Gadget when a neighbor’s dog had pups that were on their way to a shelter.

NATALIE, KIM CHI & ZEUS

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHTNatalie has always wanted a dog but was just waiting for the right one. As soon as she saw Kim Chi on a LA shelter website she knew she was the one. Kim Chi suffers from orthopedic problems and has a heart murmur but Natalie was not shaken. Zeus is was also a sheltered dog and a good friend of Kim Chi.

ROB, TIM & IVY

FROM FOSTER PARENT TO PARENTRob is a foster parent and volunteer at the Muttsville animal shelter. He has had Ivy for 11 years and received Tim at the age of 6. Rob adopted Ivy when she was 1 and Tim was adopted after Rob and his wife took him in as a foster dog. After a few days Tim was already a part of the family,

PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHARRA HARVIN

Only twenty percent of all owned dogs were adopted from animal shelters.