Heartwarming Beagle "Dora" Rescued From Retired Testing Lab, Goes From Lab Rat to Lap Dog in Wholesome Tail-Wagging Tale of a Doggo Finding Her Pack (Video)

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
May 18, 2024 11:00 AM EDT

Good morning, Animal Comedy-ers and doggo fanatics. We hope you're hungry for some wholesome fuel today because we've got a story that we're sure will bring some tears of joy to your dry eyes. Dogs come to us from all different sorts of situations. Maybe they were born to a breeder, perhaps they came from a shelter, and sometimes we find a way to save them from the streets. In this case, one beautiful beagle was rescued after she was "retired" from a medical testing lab.

The family that took her to the vet after she was released quickly fell in love with her perfect pupper personality and adopted her before you could say woof! But that's not where Dora's story ends, she had lived her whole life inside and was terrified of the outdoors. Slowly, the family acclimated her to living in their home and now she runs outside, as happy as, well, a dog that likes to run! Scroll down to see the whole video and story below. Enjoy!

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    thedodo Look at her run now! Check out @onetailatatime for more amazing rescues!
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    Retired medical lab beagle goes on her first walk
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    It breaks our hearts to see Dora so scared of the outside. If there was a vacuum cleaner in front of her, we might understand, but dogs are meant to be outside! It's where they feel the happiest (other than their soft, fluffy bed, of course).

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    This is her first time outside EVER
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    Dora was rescued after she retired from a medical testing lab.
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    The impawtant part about this story is that it has a happy ending. We shouldn't dwell on the past, because thinking about it won't change it. All we can do is work to actively shape our future in a pawsitive way!

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    She had only been known so far in her life
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    A foster in our community transported Dora
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    and ended up falling in love with her and couldn't let her go. 1979
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    and it definitely melted our hearts.
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    We were walking her before the call here today,
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    squaremealdaily Don't say "retired". It sounds like she worked there on her own volition. Let's say she was "liberated."
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    officialcarlyroland Animal testing is about as cruel as it comes and it such an outdated, barbaric practice
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    winterbrooks1727 Why are people still testing on animals?
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    maggers70 It is so ridiculous that this country is still testing on animals. It makes me sick to my stomach and the scientist that do that there's a special place in for them. I'm so happy for the sweet puppy. &$!#% Thank you to whoever rescued him.
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    trisha If you can clock in, look at a dog in their sweet, innocent, naive face and do cruel things to them and feel NOTHING and do NOTHING to stop it, you deserve ALLLL the karma
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    mayabidab A lot of people are confused about the type of testing this was. This dog almost certainly came from biomedical testing of some kind. If you so much as use ibuprofen, aspirin, allergy meds, let alone any cancer treatments, birth control, any medical treatment at all, then you've benefited from this.
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    rlcappelli They're not "retired" they're rescued
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    dragonyoudown ②Animal testing is so awful. Poor baby
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    the_beagle_maple Hi Dora! I'm a retired lab beagle from the same lab and was adopted by my foster at One Tail at a Time too! We look a lot alike & have the same mannerisms :) so happy you found your forever home too life is a lot better out here!!
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    onetailatatime Welcome to the good life, Dora! We are so proud of you.
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    chichirescuedog Love you Dora! You are so brave! Welcome to your new life of freedom! So thankful you now have a loving forever home. We adopted 2 beagles rescued from laboratory testing, Harry and Kipper. They adapted well to their life just like you will. Harry lived to be 15 and Kipper will be 17 later this month. Wishing you a long, happy and love-filled life.
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