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Ginger remained at the facility for 51 days before Karnicki adopted her.

Ginger didn’t have trouble adjusting to life with Karnicki’s two coton de tulears.

Shelter visitors often lean toward adopting puppies.

Jill Karnicki was watching local news on a Saturday morning when she first learned about Ginger, a 14-year-old shepherd mix. Each week, the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals brings an adoptable pet to a local TV station to highlight as the “Pet of the Week.” The group brought Ginger with the hope of finding the older pet a home.

Karnicki already cared for two other dogs and had only been tempted to look for a shelter pet once before, but Ginger’s age struck her.

“I was like ‘there should not be a 14-year-old living in a shelter,’” Karnicki sai

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