The shelter is not a place for dogs, and we all know that. Unfortunately, many canines still end up in this cold, dark place, and it sometimes feels like there is nothing we can do about it.
There are countless heartbreaking stories from kennels about dogs surrendered at the end of their lives or those who have spent most of their lives there.
However, there are happy stories that bring tears of joy to our eyes. We all love hearing them from time to time. Sometimes, they are so extraordinary that we cannot believe them until we see the evidence.
Such is today’s short but powerful story: the fate of a dog whose life changed completely after a weather disaster—believe it or not—for the better.
It Felt Like Magic
A dog named Ginger had spent a lot of time in the shelter within Brother Wolf Animal Rescue, a rescue organization located in Asheville, North Carolina.
During all that time spent behind the kennel bars, she slowly but surely began to lose hope that she would ever feel the warmth of a real home.
Even the good people who worked at the shelter trying everything to cheer her up could not help her. She fell more and more into depression, and at one point, she couldn’t even lift her head out of sadness.
That was until something extraordinary happened. Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina and did not spare their premises in Asheville. Although it was a bad thing in general, for Ginger, it was a new beginning.
“Ginger wouldn’t eat, look at us, or even lift her head. Life had been cruel.” Brother Wolf Animal Rescue wrote in a December 2 Facebook post. “Then the hurricane hit, sending her into emergency foster care and she was terrified. What happened next felt like magic.”
Although she was nervous and almost terrified at first, she slowly started to adapt to her new foster home. The smile came back to her face again and her tail finally started wagging.
“She learned to trust and found joy in simply being loved,” they wrote in the post. Yet, that was not the best thing that happened to Ginger. Her foster family fell in love with her so much that they couldn’t even imagine life without her anymore.
She became a foster failure and finally got the forever home she deserved a long time ago.
After The Rain Comes The Sun
Reactions to the Facebook post about Ginger were overwhelmingly positive as many people were delighted that such a catastrophe was able to change someone’s life for the better.
“Such a heartwarming story! ❤️” one user wrote.
“Awwww Ginger you struck gold with your new home 🐾 You will never be more loved 💜” another added.
The third quipped: “Welcome home Ginger!”
Although this particular story had its magical ending, “We need your help to make magic happen again. ✨”, the people from the rescue organization wrote in the post.
They asked good souls to donate what they could so that the premises of their rescue center could be rebuilt as soon as possible and that they could start helping animals like Ginger again.
Ginger’s story is the best example that after the rain comes the sun, and with good souls, we all hope that it will be the same in the case of this rescue center.