A Dog Named Bear Finds a Home

Bear, an 11-year-old German shepherd who has been without a home since his owner passed away, has found a new family.

Gertrude Poole, known to her friends as Trudie, died at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune after a lengthy battle with heart disease at the end of September.

At the end, Poole said she only wanted to leave her hospital bed to make sure Bear knew she hadn’t abandoned him. Without any immediate family or friends available to take Bear in, there was concern about the fate of the dog following his owner's death. Poole's friend, Angelina — Angelina declined to provide her last name — reached out to Patch to help find the senior dog, staying at a Red Bank-area veterinary hospital, a new home.  

Thankfully, an anonymous family has taken Bear in, Angelina told Patch. Still, there are plenty of dogs and cats that still need homes in both Ocean and Monmouth counties. Three local shelters, the Ocean County Animal Shelter, the Jersey Shore Animal Shelter and and the Associated Humane Societies in Forked River, all have pets for adoption.

For more information about how to adopt or how to donate, visit one of the following links: monmouthcountyspca.org/, www.ahscares.org/ or www.jerseyshoreanimalcenter.org.