92-year-old woman forced to give up her best friend after senior care wouldn’t allow dogs

by pawbuzz on in Dogs 47

A 92-year-old woman was forced to put her senior dog into a shelter after her care facility wouldn’t allow dogs.

The woman had to undergo surgery before entering the facility and bid farewell to her best friend of so many years. The 12-year-old Chihuahua mix, named Sir Blacky, was put into the Front Street Animal Shelter in Sacramento, California.

But there is good news to this story… Sir Blacky’s story took a positive turn!

Volunteers at the animal shelter posted about Sir Blacky’s story and it went completely viral being shared over 20,000 times.

After only staying in the shelter for one night, Sir Blacky had tons of people wanting to adopt him.

Donna Ortiz formally “adopted” Sir Blacky. Although she prefers to saying she is fostering the dog and plans on reuniting Sir Blacky with his owner for visits: “It sounds like she’s just going to the nursing home to rehabilitate,” Ortiz says. “My thing would be, if it’s possible, to reunite her with him.”

Source: Front Street Animal Shelter



47 thoughts on “92-year-old woman forced to give up her best friend after senior care wouldn’t allow dogs”

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  8. Sharon Ann Redo

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    My now 96 year old father moved into The Regency (assisted living) in Kailua Kona, Hawaii 3 years ago. He was allowed to bring his best friend Felix (cat) with him. It made Dad’s move and adjustment time there a lot easier on him. I’m sorry that this good lady can’t have the same consideration.

  11. Robert Bolin

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    She’ll get the dog back if she gets back to independent living, but be reasonable. You can’t expect nursing and PCP staff to walk her dog and care for it when she is in recovery and incapable of doing it for herself. The end result is a good outcome as she’ll get to see her dog. There is a point at which we all have to say goodbye to things we love (like flying or driving a race car or motorcycle) and, as much as I love my dogs, I know I won’t have one at 92.

  12. Wally Jardine

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    Thankyou to the kind lady who has taken him on. Boo to nursing home when I was in ICU they let my husband bring my little boy up so I could see he wa s alright . It spured me on to get better

  13. Julie Smith

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    We rescued our sweet golden when her parents had to go to a nursing home. I know they ache for her….we are the blessed ones and wish we could tell them how loved and cared for she is!

  35. Carol Kelly

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    Just knowing she will be reunited with her pooch is a blessing in disguise. I think she can be content with this nice lady looking after him for just a while. Many thanks to nice people.

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