14-year-old dog was heartbroken after being surrendered to shelter — but now she’s getting a new start

“To see Sophia’s reaction as the car drove away – wondering ‘Where are you going?’” Newton said. “I think that is the hardest part because we see it so often. It is so sad.”

“She is confused and wondering where her people are and where she is going,” the shelter’s Facebook post reads. “How do I tell her she is safe? How to I make her understand she didn’t do anything wrong?”

Despite the heartbreaking circumstances, the shelter resolved to give the senior dog the life she deserved.

“She may not understand it now, but in the end when it really matters she will feel love and me holding her paw and kissing her head telling her that she is a good girl and she was very loved by me and will be missed because I refused to give up on her.”

And thankfully, Sophia’s sad story has a happy ending. In an update, Friends Forever Animal Rescue announced that Sophia has been adopted by one of the shelter’s vets!

Sophia will get to “live out the rest of her life with him and his family,” the shelter wrote. “We couldn’t have asked for a better place for this little old lady.”

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It’s heartbreaking that Sophia was abandoned by her owners, but we’re glad she has found a loving new home to spend the rest of her life ❤️

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