Thanks to a picture and post on social media, Chester finally has a new home after 5 years of waiting for his forever home.
The post on Face Book went viral.
On April 1, his picture holding a handwritten note describing his situation was placed on the Face Book page for the North Fork Animal Welfare League. He arrived at the Long Island, New York animal shelter after being in several other shelters, but continued to be ignored.
The sign read:
“Why doesn’t anybody want me? I’ve been waiting 5 years. Everyone at the shelter tells me what a good boy I am. So why has no one adopted me? I promise to be good and love my new family. Please maybe you are my new family... I sit and wait for you to come.”
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The post got 210,000 shares.
The pooch's buzz on social media paid off and hundreds of people across the country called in to the shelter, asking about the canine, according to Southhold Local. Chester finally ended up catching the attention of owners who Stroup called the "perfect match" -- Michigan couple Dana and Adi Dor, and their sons, Aidan and Brandon-- who brought him home last Saturday.
Looks like a wonderful match
“We saw him and we felt connected," Adi told Southhold Local. "It was meant to be.”
Chester spend Easter with
his new family in Michigan.
May they have many, many years together.
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