Dog Treks 10 Miles in Freezing Cold to Find Beloved Mate (Kleenex Warning added by request)

[Omaha Steve]

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http://www.care2.com/causes/dog-treks-10-miles-in-freezing-cold-to-find-beloved-mate.html

by Judy Molland November 11, 2013 7:00 pm

Editor’s note: This post is a Care2 favorite, back by popular demand. It was originally posted on March 22, 2013. Enjoy!

This is the best canine love story you will read today – or possibly ever!

If you thought dogs don’t have feelings, get ready to change your mind.



Ben, a 4 1/2-year-old mixed breed (above left), and Jade, a 1-year-old German Shepherd mix (above right), were two strays who met on the streets of Terre Haute, Indiana, and fell in love. (Yes, dogs can fall in love.) The pair was well known and cared for in the local community, but when Jade became pregnant last summer, the Terre Haute Humane Society (THHS) brought them to their shelter.

The couple were initially kenneled together, but after Jade gave birth to six puppies, a THHS adoption counselor Kali Skinner took the mom and babies home to take care of them for eight weeks. She eventually found homes for all six puppies. Jade was timid, but a “very caring mother,” Skinner told the Tribune-Star.

Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/dog-treks-10-miles-in-freezing-cold-to-find-beloved-mate.html#ixzz2kRZvPQUW

FULL story at link.

[leftynyc]

1. Thank you for this story

Even if I'm sitting at work with tears in my eyes.

[MoonRiver]

2. Beautiful story about true love!

[HillWilliam]

3. Steve, love ya buddy but

That OP needs a Kleenex Warning at the top. I think there's something in my eye now....damned allergies.

[seveneyes]

4. The pair was well known and cared for in the local community,

but when Jade became pregnant last summer...

Spaying and neutering them would define "cared for" a lot better. I'm left wondering why they were not fixed to prevent more unwanted animals. I also did not see in the story where the male was ever neutered. That would have likely inhibited his long hunt for his past romance.

But yes, a sweet wild animal story.