Dog Nearly Starved To Death, In Shelter 200+ Days, Hopes For Home

BRANFORD, CT —Last February, he was found on the side of the road, starving and freezing. Emaciated, he should have weighed close to 70 pounds, a vet said, but weighed just 37 when found. Read that story here.

The dog that the Dan Cosgrove Animal Shelter staff, named Chip, was loved and brought back to good health.

But, like another dog who'd lived at the shelter for months, Thor, it's been more than 210 days for Chip. He waits and watches as other animals are adopted and leave the shelter for their forever homes.

The DCAS Facebook post is heartbreaking.

The issue for Shelter staff is that folks who applied to adopt Chip and were approved, did not show up for him.

"It is such a let-down for us who are so hoping for this gorgeous guy to get a forever home," DCAS wrote on. "People do this all the time, and it makes us so sad because you should at least call us to say you are not coming in or are no longer interested or adopted elsewhere."

And so Chip "waits and watches every day as others find their forever home ...families excited to come see their pups, and he thinks maybe they are there for him, but once he realizes they aren’t he curls back up on his bed."

Chip is described as likely a Bulldog pit mix, as he is a "low rider."

"He is a lower energy level dog. He is 5 years old and neutered, vaccinated and microchipped. Chip was abused and needs an adopter with lots of love and tenderness to give. He would do best as an only pet for now but once he understands the world he may like to live with another dog, but no cats please."

Applications can be found at www.Branfordanimalshelter.org