7 stray and abused animals turn into beloved pets: Before and after pics

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53. Every pet that has ever joined our family was a stray or pound animal.

We lost our last cat to old age a few years back after he'd been with us for 14 years. When he was a 6 week old kitten we were told to put him down because of a bad case of ringworm. It took us over two months, with him separated and cared for only by myself, but we got him all healed and he was my baby for the rest of his life. He lived with us and our older cat, a real character who'd been brain damaged since birth and lived with us for over a decade before he passed.

We currently have a 7 yr old dog we adopted from the pound in October. He is a gorgeous chow/pit mix and he is the sweetest and best behaved dog i have ever known. He is such a beloved part of our family now. Our cat is a feral cat that was dropped off at a neighbors house. He found his way to us when he was about 6 mos old. For the first year and a half he still held a bit of a rough edge but now he is becoming lazy and cuddly and we cannot imagine life without him. He and my 5 yr old son play "fetch"

The last dog that lived with us was an abandoned beagle who used to roam our rural neighborhood. He was terribly skittish and it took me well over a month of tempting him with beef to get him to finally allow me to touch him. At one point it was obvious he'd been hit by a vehicle and was quite banged up. Eventually i was able to bring him inside and he healed slowly and adjusted to being indoors. A family member ended up taking him in after he healed. He had seizures for about a year but slowly those went away and he is now just a contented lap dog that is terribly spoiled and loved.

Over the past twenty years i have also bottle fed several litters of abandoned kittens. They would typically find their way to me no older than a few days. It is a very hard and time consuming job but it is always such a reward when they are finally safe and have found loving homes.

When you have personally loved animals that have suffered from the indifference of humans it makes the images like those in the OP quite heartbreaking. I am so glad to see that tragedy was overcome in the lives of those poor animals and that good people cared enough to take the time for them.