‘I was the last one to figure out that Yogi was the puppy’s father and he was coming back to find his son.’: Devoted dog dad escapes adopted home several times because he couldn’t leave his canine child behind at the animal shelter he was rescued from

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Dec 4, 2025 2:00 PM EST

If there is one thing that we have learned from the many dog adoption stories we have had the honor of telling here, it is that the lives of doggos are varied, complicated, and with far more meaning and purpose than we truly give them credit for. Much like the tale we have to tell today which involves a doggo father and son who were separated long ago only to have a fleeting encounter at an animal shelter. Sadly, their meeting was so short because the son was being admitted while the father was being adopted. Leaving the father heartbroken and with a single track mind to get back to the shelter to be with his son.

Unfortunately, these details only came to light far further down the road after several escape attempts that tore up the father's newly adopted pawrent. A sad by product of our cute canines not being able to communicate fully. But in the end the father got to his pup and all was made right in the world.

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    Three times I had gone to that h hole animal shelter and it was three times more than I ever wanted to. I was looking for a dog at the saddest place on earth.
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    They're so unhappy and I can maybe adopt one. Low and behold one typically sweaty Florida day I went in a fourth time only to find Yogi! Every other time it was the same old
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    Pitbull but this day, there was Yogi. Without hesitation | said yes. In the yard we walked, I mean I walked and he tugged and I knew we'd be best buddies. I went into
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    the front and played with the cats while they prepped my new best friend. These poor misunderstood kitties, I thought, just as I left the doggy kennel. So I kicked it
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  • While it is not all too nice to dismiss the many pawfectly playful and kind Pitbulls that tend to reside in animals shelters. It is always so heartwarming to hear about a person falling in love immediately with their soul dog. Forming that ever lasting connection of love.

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    with a black and white teen cat I am sure was named mittens at one time. Almost bored I noticed a seemingly sad couple walk into the Animal Shelter with a young dog that could have
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    woman cuddling a black dog with two other dogs behind a fence in an animal shelter
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    been Yogi's Jr. I almost felt like I was cheating. After an hour we left the shelter, we were the last ones to leave as they closed. Yogi and I. It couldn't have been at least a 1/2 mile down the
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    road before Yogi started to cry. Wow, this seks. He is supposed to be happy. All the way home he cried which was only about 2 miles away as the crow flies right under the highway.
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    The first few nights were rough, sometimes he was happy or seemed so and at times he did everything he could to get out.
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    Day 4: He got away. I panicked. After an hour I found him not too far from the highway. Wow, this wont be easy. Under lock and key I kept an eye on Yogi. He
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    was much happier and I was spending a lot more money on treats to bribe him not to go. Day 6: He's gone again. Again I hunt. This time I go straight to
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    where I found him the first time, and what do you know he was sort of there, just closer to the freaking highway! C. p, he's gonna get hit!
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  • Wow, this is some truly hurtful behavior. Not that Yogi understood that his actions would have a deep negative impact on his supposed new pawrent. But still harsh to have your newly adopted canine constantly attempt to escape your home. At least Yogi had a really good reason to want to escape.

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    Day 7: 9 pm Like a flash he's off to the races! The whole night goes by and I cannot find him. After an hour nap shortly after daybreak, I head out once again
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    to that neighborhood to find Yogi. But first I need some cy coffee from 7-11. Just as I pull in I see a lady I think I know. Aha its the frickin lady I saw returning that mini Yogi the
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    day I got him. Do I even mention it? That day looked bad enough for her. F it I got to find Yogi. As it turns out she never saw me that
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    two cream dogs and one black dog sitting behind a fence
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    adoption day for me and return day for her but she soon figured out what I was talking about and it hit her. She said she had to bring back the puppy for shots and a procedure. In fact
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    she was going to get him later. Almost like she had a friend next to her poke her back with a stern finger to get her to say something, she realizes I do not know something.
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    The lady says "When we adopted our puppy we knew it had another puppy and its father still at the shelter, I assumed you knew this when you approached me...l
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    am going down there in a bit they can confirm it" I say I am going down there now! Maybe they can help me find Yogi! No words can describe
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    the driving skills | obtained that day. My new friend followed me. Far behind, very far. I broke laws. I got there and I am not sure if I even turned off the car. I was
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    suddenly back inside the shelter. For once I did not notice the horrid smell, then, for a moment in time, my heart froze. There was Yogi. Right there. Sitting. Waiting.
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    The volunteers were in shock and crying tears of some of weird joy. Yogi was fine. What is going on? As it turned out, Yogi just showed up on his own. They also knew that the mini Yogi was there to get picked up later.
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    I was just the last one to figure out that Yogi was the puppy's father and this whole time he was coming back to find his son.
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