Dog sisters surrendered after owner couldn’t take care of them. Then came good news
Two “loving” dogs landed at a South Carolina shelter after their owner couldn’t take care of them.
Then came the good news that sisters Kiki and Lafayette got a new home — together.
“We saw this post about Kiki and Lafayette and realizing how hard it must have been for their owner, we knew we had to adopt them,” Wendy Vogt Weesner, the dogs’ new owner, told the Charleston Animal Society in an emailed statement.
The 5-year-old beagles got a second chance after their previous owner “fell on hard times and found himself homeless.” He couldn’t care for the sisters and decided to surrender them, the animal shelter wrote June 7 and 8 in Facebook posts.
“He was so excited that they were being adopted together,” spokesperson Kay Hyman told McClatchy News in a phone interview. “He had been trying for six months to find them a home together.”
The pups, described as a bonded pair, landed at the animal society in late May. In the days that followed, they were seen basking in each other’s presence and snuggling during a car ride. But the shelter said it knew it could be tough to find someone interested in adopting both of the dogs.
“They had been in separate cages but we would put them together in the yard to play,” Hyman said. “And they just literally lived to be with each other.”
The story caught the eye of Weesner and her husband, who were familiar with beagles. The family’s beagle Alli recently died at age 5, and Weesner thought the dog sisters were the perfect fit for their home.
“Her husband’s very involved on Facebook and has a lot of friends,” Hyman said. “Since they lost their dog in February, he’s had many, many, many people send him beagles that people were trying to rehome and it just never was a connection. But these two just stole their (hearts).”
Now, the “active, loving” and “sweet” dogs are starting their next chapter.
“We are keeping their names in honor of their previous owner and pray that life gets better for him soon,” Wessner said. “His precious babies are bringing love and light back into our home.”
This story was originally published June 10, 2024 at 12:45 PM with the headline "Dog sisters surrendered after owner couldn’t take care of them. Then came good news."
