This is a beautiful and touching story of hope and love that ends happily with a one of a kind dog that finally gets his forever home! Meet Marmaduke, the dog wonder that had everyone online celebrating after news broke that he finally got adopted after 1,000+ days in the animal shelter.
The story starts sad with Marmaduke arriving at the animal shelter in Fresno, California on November 2016. He arrived at the Valley Animal Center with no obedience training. Staff from the shelter noted how cute but stubborn Marmaduke was. Aside from the lack in training, Marmaduke also had skin issues that needed a special kind of diet and particular set of continued medication.
The shelter wholeheartedly took on the task of rehabilitating Marmaduke and finding a forever home for him. To help his chances of being adopted, Marmaduke underwent training.
Days, weeks, and months passed by but despite his solid progress and continued training, it was still hard for him to find his perfect match.
All the staff didn’t lose hope and still continued to care for him and train him in high hopes that he will, in time, find his match.
Lo and behold, on Marmadukes 1,001th day in the shelter, a change of fate took place. Marmaduke finally caught the eye of a potential adopter! The adopter was looking for a companion and something about Marmaduke caught his attention.
After several visits and back-and-forth emails inquiring on the kind of diet and medical needs for Marmaduke, the adopter finalized the he is indeed ready, willing, excited, and honored to adopt Marmaduke. He came in the shelter and told everyone that he is then ready to make the adoption official.
The shelter gladly reports that Marmaduke is having the time of his life with his new owner. They reported that he gets daily walks and lots of love!
Let this story be an inspiration to us all! Indeed, there is hope for all — even for cute but stubborn ones!