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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsLittle Girl Has Sweetest Reaction To Her Surprise 'Valentine'
She couldn't believe he was really home ❤️️🐕BY SARAH V SCHWEIG
It had been a very long time since a Boston terrier named Tankers felt love but everything changed for him on Valentine's Day.
Tankers had once had a home in southern California or rather, he had a house, which he wasn't allowed inside of. It was common for locals in the neighborhood to hear Tankers sitting outside just crying and crying.
"He went from being an indoor dog to an outdoor dog. No one wanted him, so they just dumped him outside," Kelly Reeves, cofounder and president of Paw Prints in the Sand Animal Rescue, told The Dodo. "A friend of mine reached out to me to see if we could take him into our rescue."
Thankfully, Tankers' owners agreed to give him up. But the time the 2-year-old dog had spent being unwanted had obviously left a mark on him. This is Tankers when he first arrived at the rescue organization:
"He was pretty scared, but warmed up quickly," Reeves said. "I think he realized he was going on to a happier life."
Tankers was being fostered while waiting for the right family. Meanwhile, the Gordon family was looking for the exact right dog.
"We lost our dog of 12 years in October and we had been searching, searching and searching since," Kat Gordon told The Dodo.
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So when the family saw Tankers listed on Petfinder, both Kat and Drew were drawn to him.
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One day, the family learned that Tankers would be at an adoption event, and so they decided it would be a great time to go meet him. Drew and Tankers were instantly drawn to each other.
"We couldnt leave," Gordon said. "She was in tears."
Eventually they had to pull themselves away and continue to wait. But then, on February 13, the wait was over and Kat Gordon got some good news. The Gordons had been approved to adopt Tankers. And on Valentine's Day, the foster mom called and said they could come pick him up.
The family decided to surprise Drew, so they kept the whole process as hush-hush as possible and, boy, was she surprised.
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The friendship has warmed the hearts of the whole Gordon family, as well as of the woman who helped save Tankers in the first place.
"I cant stop watching that video!" Reeves said, about the moment Drew realizes Tankers is finally home.
https://www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/girl-surprised-valentines-reaction
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Little Girl Has Sweetest Reaction To Her Surprise 'Valentine' (Original Post)
catbyte
Feb 2019
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Clash City Rocker
(3,396 posts)1. I'm not crying, you're crying. Shut up.
narnian60
(3,510 posts)2. So precious.
Thank you kind humans.
Bayard
(22,057 posts)3. Look at that puppy face
Who's a good doggie?