Us from a shelter that has seen more of our worst
cases, in terms of neglect, abuse and abandon-
ment. They also seem to get more purebred strays
than most people would think or believe.
after being on his own for quite some time. They
caught him and brought him to the shelter, where
Angels saw him, pulled him, and made him one of
our rescued pups up for adoption. His photo and
story was shared on our Facebook page where he
was seen by over 600,000 fans and followers....one
of them unknown to us at the time but not un-
known to little DORATO.
Angels, we began to find out more about "his story" when a
wonderful older lady and her husband showed up at one of our
Saturday adoption sites, looking for and asking about DORATO.
Our wonderful adoptions site manager, Marcia Hockenbery,
gently asked if she was looking to adopt him and she replied, "no
- I just have to see him". Marcia went on to explain to her that he
was fine, and was in a foster home in quarantine but to keep an
eye on the Angels Events page to see when he would be able to
come to an adoptions event. They left that day, but were back
again in the next few weeks, with the dear lady telling Marcia,
again, that she "had to see him".
wonderful lady suddenly mentioned to Marcia that she had
actually FED little Dorato before he was captured by animal
control! Well, you can imagine Marcia's surprise as she realized
this little pooch was living as a stray in the woods in Rex, GA. And for seven (7) months, this
precious earthly angel named Molly McKenzie, would take him breakfast and dinner each day
- sitting in a chair as he ate. She was hoping to gain his trust but initially, DORATO wouldn't
come near her. Finally, he began to come up to her but still wouldn't allow Molly to actually
pick him up.