The Chosen One

When she thought that simple browsing would bring her peace and by the time her birthday would arrive she might find a dog that could be the best gift she could give to herself. But one day, she saw a picture of the cute little dog that changed everything for her. A simple picture of that lovely puppy swept away all her patience and she couldn’t wait any longer. She wanted that particular little puppy, but then the shelter people told her something about the dog that changed everything.

The Saddest Dog

On one of the websites, she saw a picture of a dog named Benji. He was a mixed breed, and according to the website’s page, he was a stray dog and was brought to the shelter 10 days ago. When Benji was found he had a severe flea allergy which resulted in losing most of his body fur. But it was his face that melted Jess’ heart.  “I had never seen a sadder dog and knew we couldn’t leave him there,” said Jess. Benji’s sorrowful face made her heart cry and she decided that he would be the new member of the family. She can’t take it anymore. But it was Jared who wasn’t ready. But then…

Giving In

Without saying anything Jess just showed Jared a picture of Benji. Though at first, Jared didn’t agree with Jess, the face of this dog melted his heart. More than Benji’s face it was the face of Jess who wanted to adopt this dog really bad. He could see that Jess was totally into this dog and eventually, he agreed to the idea of bringing Benji to his new home and family. But as we said earlier, not everything comes to us that easily.

Far Away

The problem was that the location of the shelter was almost 400 miles away. The shelter was situated in Los Angeles. Jess was determined to have this dog into their lives and the distance didn’t scare her as she was ready to go at any length to bring this dog. Both Jess and Jared loved traveling and seeing how resolute Jess was, Jared was ready to go with her. It was a 6-hour long drive, but when they reached the shelter they heard something surprising about the dog.

Strange Responses

The couple reached Los Angeles after a 6-hour long drive. They found the shelter and reached there without delaying any further. They met the attendant of the shelter and inquired about the dog Benji they saw it on the shelter’s website. They told the shelter people about their wish to adopt the dog. The shelter people were amazed to see that these people were for that specific dog. They called in the manager and then Jess showed him the picture of Benji. But what came out of the manager’s mouth shocked the couple.

Reluctant

The manager was shocked to see that this couple had come this long just to adopt a dog which they saw only in the picture. The manager even suggested they adopt some other dog in the shelter rather than adopting Benji. Jess was really surprised to see the manager behaving like this. Jess kept asking about Benji and he kept ignoring what Jess had to say and started blabbering an entirely different story. Jess then asked firmly to the manager for the reason they were asking her not to adopt the dog for which she had come this far from home. The manager’s reply shattered her heart.