After Seven Years Alone, Hawaii Shelter Dog Finally Finds Someone Who Cares

“Adopting an older dog can be an amazingly fulfilling experience” ~ Oahu SPCA.

When a gentle senior dog named Pirate arrived at the Oahu SPCA in Wahiawa, Hawaii, no one expected she would spend nearly a decade waiting for a home.

Weeks slipped into months, and months turned into years while Pirate stayed in her kennel. The only sign of passing time was her face slowly turning gray.

For seven long years, not one person asked to meet her. Then, out of nowhere, everything shifted.

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“Pirate’s biggest obstacle was the fact that she was an older dog. People don’t want to adopt the older dogs because they think it’s going to be more work,” Amanda Villeme, Executive Director at Oahu SPCA, told The Dodo .

Although the shelter staff cared