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No more cold concrete for these shelter dogs

Stuart Edge came to the Janice R. Johnson Center for Animals in Deseret, Utah, to volunteer and walk the dogs. The sad look in their eyes was hard for him to see. more

Afterward, he asked the staff a plain question. He wanted to know what he could give to make life a little better for these dogs.

Their answer was simple. The dogs often had to sleep on bare concrete, and a concrete floor is hard and cold. What they really needed was dog beds. Beds aren't cheap, but he went to the store anyway, and when he came back, his car was packed full of them.

He brought a group of friends to play with the dogs and help hand out the gifts. They took dogs outside for walks first. One was so strong that someone joked she was the dog to get if you want really big biceps. Another dog was going home that day, adopted.

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Before the beds go in, the friends take shelter dogs outside for a walk.

When the beds arrive, the dogs aren't sure what to make of them. They stare at these strange new things, a little puzzled. Then they step on and try them out, and the first one to get his simply sits down on it.

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Stuart Edge came to the Janice R.

Many of the people who saw it said they cried, and many more urged everyone to adopt from a shelter. One longtime fan wrote about giving the money saved for an electric skateboard to animal shelters instead. In Deseret, the change is smaller and softer. Now there's something between these dogs and the concrete.

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