‘The second she saw me she ran right to me tail wagging. I couldn't stop smiling.’: Kind Ohio construction worker rescues abandoned and starving pit bull mix from work site, giving her the healing home she deserved and a new fur family

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Dec 13, 2025 2:00 PM EST

Doggos are clever creatures when it comes down to it. And you can see that even in the places that they somehow choose to be found in when they become abandoned. You will almost always find them in a spot that is relatively secluded for their safety, yet close enough to hoomans and daily life so that they can indeed be found. As is the case for the cute canine who was found by a construction worker by a children's hospital.

She cleverly knew to hang around the hospital, but not in any major areas of the hospital so as to not get squished. And thankfully she was found by one of the most caring, kind and thoughtful pawrents on the planet who did everything they could to make this pupper's homecoming, one that would be pawfect in every way. So settle in for one of the more heartwarming doggo adoption stories you'll come across this week.

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    So I found this beautiful little pit mix wondering by herself yesterday by children's hospital and she had no collar. She is super thin and panting like
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    crazy. I took her to the closet vet I could find to scan for a micro chip and there wasn't one. I took her to franklin county dog shelter for the night and I
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    want to adopt her if she will fit in with my 2 cats and my other 2 year old pit mix | have. My question is how do I go about this? I'm calling the shelter the minute
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    they open to see what I can do. I have never had a feeling like what I experienced yesterday when I found her and put her in my truck to
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  • While it makes sense that someone who cares enough to take a stray dog they just found to a vet and a shelter would also actively want to adopt the doggo. It is still so heartwarming to hear about. It just gives you hope for all the other strays out there. 

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    cool down. She was super sweet and didn't want to leave. me and I didn't want to leave her either. Is there anyone who has done this before?
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    I'm just construction worker who's was working in the area when I found her.
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    My wife and I drove out to FCDS for a little meet and greet and to get the process started to foster to adopt. The second she saw me she ran right to me
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    tail wagging. I couldn't stop smiling. She was a little skittish and loud noises and loud barks from other
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    dogs scared her. We gave her some treats, went on a tiny walk outside, it's way to hot for a long walk. After the walk we grabbed some toys to try and play but she didn't know
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    what to do with them. It was almost like she didn't know how to play. Don't worry we will teach her! She's scheduled to
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  • Oh poor baby! What poor pupper is so neglected, so devoid of love in their life that they do not know what to do with toys? While it should not be more upsetting than the physical neglect this darling doggo has endured, it just hits home how lacking in love this sweetheart truly is. 

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    be spayed Monday and we will pick her up in the evening and bring her home. Tomorrow we are going back with our 2 year old pit mix for a meet and greet on
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    some neutral ground. I'll update everyone tomorrow after the play date. As we were leaving they asked if we had a name, yes we did. Everyone meet Ivy!
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    Her surgery went well. We have filled out the proper paper work for foster to adopt and we have her home in her new kennel as she recovers from
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    surgery tonight. We put a very old blanket down to give some comfort, and even Justice (our other pit mix) has come to check on her and make
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    sure she's ok. If everything goes well with her and our cats within the next week or two we will be filling out the final adoption paperwork to make
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    her officially ours. I'll update everyone with progress in the coming days, but I wanted to let you all know that she is now home with hopefully her forever family.
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    Yesterday (7-5-24) I went and filled out all remaining paperwork and paid the fees to offically adopt Ivy. It's been about two weeks with us and she's a
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    totally different dog then when I first found her, but in a good way. She loves food, we have been trying to put weight on her and so far so good. You can
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    hardly see her ribs or spine anymore. She has an upper respiratory infection which we just got medication for. Apparently it's
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    running through the dog shelter, we noticed her coughing and hacking a day or two ago and it kept happening so we immediately called
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    the shelter and got her on medication. But if she never coughed or did anything else you would never know she had it.
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    We have noticed that she is really scared and gets nervous with loud noises or for instance fire works. She is constantly on edge when she's out
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    of the kennel, but our other dog Justice loves to play with her to put her mind at ease. He's even taught her how to tug. She doesn't sleep at all when
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    she's out, she running around trying to figure out her new surroundings. We put her back in her kennel for naps multiple times a day.
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    She constantly looking for our cats to study. She shows O aggression towards them it's all exciting curiosity. They have had little tiny interactions and
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    they always go well. We are just taking it extremely slow with them and so far it's working. She really is the sweetest, loves to
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    chew on bones and toys and go outside with Justice and play. We hope after a while she will realize she is safe here and fully relax outside the kennel,
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    but until then we will love her and shower her with toys and treats.
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