A lot of
people are now acknowledging the importance of adopting dogs from shelters
rather than buying them from stores and breeders. Many are instinctively drawn
to giving homeless or abandoned animals a new forever home where they will get
the love and care that they deserve.
But here too
are hang-ups. Older dogs and dogs which are sick or disabled are often left out
because they don’t seem adoptable enough. Not many people are willing to take
up the responsibility of looking after them, which makes it all the more
heartwarming when one of them gets a new home.
Nick Abbott
is a 31-year-old from Maine who was born deaf. Recently he brought home a new
best friend in the form of Emerson, his dog who is also deaf. The good people
at the NFR Maine, which rescues and fosters animals, managed to free Emerson
from a Florida shelter when he was barely a month and a half old. He was then
sent further north. An adorable black Labrador mix, Emerson was suffering from
canine parvovirus as well as seizures. But he was a plucky little chap and as
soon as he fought off these issues, he was on the adoption list.
Speaking to
‘Good Morning America’, Lindsay Powers, who works at NFR Maine, said that they
discovered that his hearing was impaired after he came back from the vet. They
weren’t sure if he had been born with a disability or if something had happened
to his hearing when he was younger. However, Emerson doesn’t let that get in
his way at all and he loves living just like any other pup out there. Luckily
for him, even though his life till recently had been quite difficult, he got
the happily ever after he deserved.
Powers
posted about Emerson on social media in March hoping that he’d get a good
family. Within a few short weeks, Abbott reached out to them asking about
Emerson. He immediately told them that he was also deaf and he felt like he
could bond with the pup. Powers herself was very happy and she finished all the
adoption procedures in less than 24 hours.
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