According to ASPCA, an astonishing 6.3 million companion animals enter animal shelters every year in the US. Each year, approximately 920,000 shelter animals are euthanized (390,000 dogs and 530,000 cats). The numbers are so heartbreaking, it’s hard to wrap your head around the fact that many of the perfectly cute little animals don’t ever get their second chance in this life.
Luckily, however, more and more people are willing to give these lost furry souls their love and care, and bring them back to their forever family. So this post is a celebration of the rescued canines who, thanks to their loving owners, blossomed into these fun, cute, active, and smart woofers and pooches.
Thanks to Reddit’s wholesome corner known as r/BeforeNAfterAdoption, we prepared you an incredible collection of dog pics before and after they were adopted. The results are breathtaking and they give us hope that whatever happens, we are all going to be alright in this often chaotic world.
Psst! More inspiring woofer pics and stories can be found in our previous features here, here and here.
#1 Named Her Possum Due To The Tail Situation, But Not Sure That Applies Anymore
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#2 Meet My Norkis
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#3 Lolita The Boonie From Guam – Saved From The Streets And Loved Back To Health
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#4 My Husband And I Rescued Little Bowie Off The Streets Of Guam. He Was Covering In Ticks And Burs And His Back Leg Was Broken Presumably From Being Hit By A Car. And He Was Only 2 Months Old! Now, He’s 6 Months Old And Lives In Hawaii With 6 Humans That Adore Him. Rescue Is Beautiful.
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#5 Always Hard To Believe These Two Pups Are The Same Dog! What A Few Years And A Lot Of Love Can Do
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#6 Our Little Rescue, Less Than 6 Months After Being Saved
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#7 The Day We Met vs. 2 Months Later
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#8 My Girl, Before And After Adoption. 1st Pic At The Shelter As A Stray Pup, 2nd After Being With Me For A Year And A Half
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#9 This Is Lenore Before And After Being Rescued ! After Receiving Lots Of Love & Tlc, Lenore Does Not Even Look Like The Same Dog Anymore
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#10 My Brother’s Dog, Ricky, Before ‘N After Adoption. He Cleans Up Nicely!
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#11 Dumped At The Shelter On The Brink Of Starvation With Five Puppies, And A Chest Full Of Bb Pellets
Now She’s My Gentle Goofy Girl Who Likes To Tie Herself Up In Knots On The Sofa And Sticks Her Tongue Out When She’s Happy
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#12 From A Scarred And Infected Street Pup To A Handsome Wind Blown Pack Leader
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#13 Dachshund/Chihuahua Rescued Sept 3rd
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#14 From The Streets Of Qatar To The Great White North. Happy 3 Months On Canadian Soil To My Amazing Boys!
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#15 Gizmo After A Little Bit Of Love
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#16 A Year Later
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#17 I Promise These Are The Same Dog. Far Left Is A Picture I Took In The Shelter In Bvi
Third photo in the collage is when she was in Florida. The pool pic is an update her adopters sent to our rescue… even my jaw dropped to the ground when I saw what an absolute miracle her glow up was!
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#18 Iris Was Found As A Starving And Terrified Stray Wandering With Her 6 Pups In Rural Virginia
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#19 Xena When We Rescued Her From Her Monster Owner And Her Progress In A Bit
We Know That It Would Be A Long Battle For All Of Us As Well As Xena But We Will Never Forsake Her Again… We Will Do Our Best To Shower Her With Love And Medical Attention She Needs
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#20 From Being Abandoned And Chained Up In Romania To A Happy, Healthy And Sun-Loving Sweetheart
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#21 Our Senior Girl 6 Months Into Her Retirement
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#22 Our Sweet Boy Before & After We Adopted Him
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#23 Sylvi After I Saved Her In China (10/2017), And Her Well-Deserved Life In The USA Now
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#24 My Myanmar Village Dog Before And After Adoption
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#25 From In The Shelter And Scared Last Wednesday To Forever Home And Happy. Meet Paisley
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#26 I Adopted This Terrified Shaggy Dog A Week After She Had Her Leg Amputated In April 2021
Now she’s full of life, love, and doesn’t let being a tripod limit her
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#27 Changeover Happened After Lots Of Love, Food And Water. Meet Apollo
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#28 This Is Rosie Before And After Adoption. She Turned Out To Be A Majestic Beauty
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#29 From Scared Puppy To A Handsome Boy Living His Best Life
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#30 Georgia, A 5 Y/O Golden Retriever Rescued From A Puppy Mill Associated With The Dog Meat Trade
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#31 Luna Has Been With Us For 6 Months Now! She Was So Dirty, Matted, Scared/Angry, And In A Lot Of Pain From An Injury And Abuse
Those first few months were admittedly difficult, but she is now such a silly, sweet, confident girl and it just makes me so happy for her!
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#32 Gotcha Day 11/9/19 And Few A Weeks Ago
Poor Guy Had A Very Nasty Bite Wound Hiding The Funk On His Head
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#33 Peach & Chubbs Are A Bonded Senior Pair From The Home Of An Elderly Woman Who Passed Away In Late 2020
Because Of Their Age, And The Fact That They Had To Be Adopted Together, They Weren’t Popular At The Rescue. Until We Came Along
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#34 Adopted Last Week. From Pound Pup To Pampered Pooch. Chloe Bear
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#35 Teddy Was In A Shelter Before I Started Fostering Him
He Came Full Of Ticks And Scars, 9 Months Later, He’s A Bundle Of Joy Thats Been Adopted In Canada And Will Soon Go There
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#36 Before And After 2 Years Of Being Rescued
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#37 Sophie, Age 6, A Puppy Mill Rescue When I Adopted Her vs. Her A Year And A Half Later Full Of Fluff And Mischief
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#38 Shelter Photo vs. 2 Months At Home With Us Best Decision We Ever Made. We Love You Moon!
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#39 King Louie Was Surrendered On Saturday After A Year Of No Grooming. Very Nice Glow Up Since Being In Our Home
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#40 June, 2017. At The Shelter. To Less Than A Year Ago. It’s My Favorite Photo Of Him. He Has Uveodermatologic Syndrome
He no longer has eyes, actually! We had them removed about 3 years ago due to a great deal of issues. It just felt like a necessary decision to improve his quality of life.
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