After 4 Years in a Shelter, Cody Finally Gets His Second Chance

For four long years, a dog named Cody has been waiting for someone to notice him. The 7-year-old black mouth cur mix spent 1,461 days behind shelter walls, overlooked time and again by potential adopters. Despite his endless wait, Cody never gave up hope.

Thanks to Lakeshore PAWS, a nonprofit animal rescue based in Valparaiso, Indiana, Cody’s story is finally changing. In a heartfelt Facebook post, the rescue shared his journey: “For four long years, Cody waited behind shelter walls—overlooked, passed by, and forgotten. But he never gave up hope. And now, at 7 years old, this sweet black mouth cur is finally getting a second chance at our rescue.”

Transferred from another shelter where he had spent most of his life, Cody we

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