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Shelter dog Juice cried his way home

Ten months in a kennel would wear out almost any dog. Juice, a bullmastiff mix at a shelter in Maryland, kept his spirits up for a long while, but in the end the wait got to him. more

Right around then, Juice finally found a home. A family adopted him, and for a few days it looked like his wait was over.

It wasn't the right match. After a couple of days he was back in his kennel, more stressed than ever, and staff noticed him crying, panting and pacing more often.

One staff member decided he needed a break and took him home with her for the night. The next morning she brought him back to the shelter, and Juice, on a blanket in his red harness, looked up and started to cry.

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Back from his night away, Juice sits on his blanket and looks up.

He didn't stop. The cries were loud and plaintive, and they kept coming.

At one point he turned and looked off to one side, still crying. He had just spent a night in a real home, and now he was back in a kennel.

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Still crying, Juice turns and looks off to one side.

The shelter, MCASAC, shared a recording of his cries online, and a lot of people heard them. Plenty of them wanted to do more than feel sorry for him.

Offers to adopt him started rolling in right away. People asked if he was still available, and some wanted him from as far off as Florida and Tacoma.

A brindle American Staffordshire Terrier or similar breed, likely an adult male, stands indoors with artificial lighting. The setting includes carpeted flooring and part of a floral-patterned blanket or bedspread. The headline runs in white letters across the lower third.Save
Ten months in a kennel would wear out almost any dog.

This time it stuck. After 10 months of waiting and one hard morning, Juice found his forever home.

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