Family Says Dog Is Too Old, Then Rescuers Discover a Very Different Story

For six long years, Finn knew life mostly from the end of a chain. The sweet dog lived confined to a pen, missing out on the freedom, comfort, and companionship every dog deserves. Then, when his owners brought home a younger dog, Finn suddenly became unwanted. They contacted Sidewalk Specials, a nonprofit rescue organization in South Africa, claiming the 6-year-old dog was old, aggressive, and should be put down. But when rescuers arrived and met Finn for themselves, they quickly realized the dog standing before them was nothing like the one they had been told to expect. Credit: YouTube Instead of finding an aggressive animal, rescuers met a dog who desperately wanted affection. Finn was friendly, playful, and eager to connect with the people who had come to help him. Even after spending his entire life chained and confined, he still greeted human kindness with remarkable trust. It soon became clear that Finn’s owners simply did not want him anymore after getting their new dog. The description they had given rescuers did not match his behavior at all. Finn Finally Gets the Chance to Be a Dog For a dog who had spent six years with so little freedom, entering rescue opened up an ent...