Biker With A Heart Of Gold Adopts 18-Year-Old Shelter Dog

Julep’s story is all too common. The senior Pit Bull-type dog found herself in the care of Humane Rescue Alliance (HRA) in Washington D.C. at the end of February when her elderly owner passed away. What set Julep apart – and made rescue workers frightened for her future – was the fact that the white-faced gal is 18-years-old, the eldest dog to enter the HRA shelter in recent memory. Facebook The staff were understandably concerned that no one would be willing to adopt a dog of such advanced age. It broke their hearts to think that the sweet, chocolate Pibble might be destined to live out her final days inside a kennel, lost and confused as to how her previously happy life slipped away. If it weren’t for an amazing man named Wayne Lerch, that may very well have been how this story ended. Thankfully, Lerch saw Julep’s story on the HRA Facebook page and sprang to action. The very next morning he was waiting outside the door when the shelter opened. Facebook Lerch wasn’t positive that he and Julep would be a match, so he took precautions to make sure he didn’t make any snap decisions. The leather-clad biker with the handlebar mustache arrived at HRA on his motorcycle, knowing it would ...