After a failed euthanasia request from his previous owners, an 8-year-old pit bull/terrier mix was given a second chance at life.
Now Gus has a new home and is ready to share his loving personality with a new family.
Southeast Missouri Pets, an animal shelter in Cape Girardeau, said in a June 24 Facebook post that Gus’ previous owners had gotten a new puppy and requested that the older dog be euthanized due to the cost of medical care he needed . Gus has thin hair and needed to be dewormed, but his vet didn’t think he should be put down.
Instead, the vet requested that Gus be placed in the animal shelter so he could find a new home, Southeast Missouri Pets said.
Gus spent a week at the shelter and was dewormed, said Jenn Farmer, executive director of the nonprofit. The organization was inundated with calls and messages about Gus, Farmer said, with hundreds of people commenting on the group’s Facebook post.
He was described in the post as “a happy, friendly dog with no serious medical problems.”
“Gus is housetrained and gets along well with other dogs,” the organization said. “He loves people and is eager to please.”
Farmer called Gus a “great dog” – especially now that he has been dewormed.
His new family will get to see that firsthand, as Gus was adopted on June 26, Farmer said.
“I just gave him a kiss goodbye because he just got adopted!” she said in an email to McClatchy News.
Cape Girardeau is located about 115 miles southeast of St. Louis.
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