Dog With The Kindest Eyes Saved From Shelter Just In Time | The Dodo 

Animals like that should not be killed. They are NOT euthanized, they are murdered. There are in that position through no fault of their own and it's a tragedy.

I always thought, what if the world lacked them, adorable and loyal dogs. I fell in love with them when I was young, growing up I have enough money to take care of a French bulldog. The day I took the dog home, I was so happy that I cried. I still remember that day vividly. Abandoned dogs with no family breaks my heart. I wish all the best to the angels that I love 🐕🌞🌞🇧🇷🇧🇷

That's a beautiful story. Thank you for saving Ben and finding him his loving forever home ❤

The Paw of Blessing 🐾❤

I wish she could keep Benny! He obviously was way more comfortable with her and also bonded with her dogs. 😢

Thank you for rescuing Benny and giving him a chance at life! God bless you!

This is why dogs are the best animals on the planet

Fosters are amazing people who give pets a second chance at life.Kudos to you all!

Once he started smiling he didn't stop. I love his "blessings". Bless you for saving this wonderful boy. ❤

I would love to find out how Ben is doing in his new home. I'm so thankful you were able to save him.

Healers are the best dogs 🐕 Very loving and playful 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

I hope he has found his forever home 😢I hope the man loves him forever 🤔is there an update on this lovely dog please 🙏

Thank you for saving him from a pending demise. You should've kept him. He loves you and your pack of dogs 🐕 Please keep checking on Ben if he's happy with his new home and share updates of him with his family. That would be great! 😊

The first glimpse of Benny in the shelter was heartbreaking. But the Dodo specializes in happily ever afters so I knew he was going to become the happy pup he was meant to be ❤

The hardest part for me would have been giving him up after bonding with the little guy but I'm glad Benny found a happy home in the end. ❤ 🐾🐾

life saved in a beautiful way

I couldn’t have let him go! I know you can’t keep them all, but he so sweet!! 🐶🥰

Jojo sitting next to Benny being there to comfort him is one of the most compassionate things I have ever seen. 💞

He is a gentle soul. I can imagine it's very difficult to be in a place like a shelter for him - strange impressions, small spaces, many noises, new people and dogs. I relate.

I have a rescue cattle dog, it was a slow process but I’ve learned so much from him and he’s such a love bug 😭

Love a happy Dodo ending. Powerful stuff

He had a broken heart. ( probably from being abandoned to that shelter by someone he once loved and trusted ). This nice lady healed it. Don't let it be broken again. 🙏😶

What a huge difference in him. I love the happy ending ❤

I hope his new home works. The fact the dude couldn't see why Benny wouldn't approach and interact wasn't a great introduction in my opinion. But maybe the guy loves dogs and will eventually be an amazing dad 👍

Thank God he was saved. I wish pet owners were more responsible so we didn’t have so many strays on the streets and in shelters. Thanks for sharing.

I hope he's as happy in his forever home as he was in your home. He really enjoyed playing with your dogs.

Those are heelers. Some of the smartest dogs around. People get rid of them because they become the leaders, and people do not know how to handle them. I still cry for mine.

Benny trusted his foster woman and her dogs. He was happy and very trusting. He found out that you really can't trust anything, he had been right all along.

I love this story! Cattle dogs are the best! Mr Ben looks like my cattle dog mix, Missy, who I sadly lost 2 years ago. I hope he got the loving home he so well deserves! Thank you for rescuing him!!!

I feel so sad that these dogs had given up in the shelter, were skeptical when brought to a foster home not sure what was going on, then begin to relax realizing they're safe and no longer in the shelter... then having to change homes. I know eventually they realize they're still safe but I'm sure the first few nights, they feel like they've been abandoned or did something wrong.

It was great to see him trust again. It appears the dogs are all or part Aussi Cattle dogs/Queensland Heelers. I had one who I rescued. She became my hero, my service dog. She was sweet, caring, loyal, and very loving. Her name Saydee, she is my profile picture to honor her. Ben reminds me of her, his eyes being so kind and beautiful. It was/is you saw he needed you. Saydee chose me by sticking her legs under the cage door as I walked by. Rescues are the best. I just rescued a sweet little All American breed. She is the second small dog that I have owned. She was so stressed she would shake every time she thought she was going to the back shelter. It has been nearly three months now. Daisy 🌼 🐾 has her fur-ever home 🏡 and all the love and happiness she has always deserved. To all you, wonderful people who rescue you are heroes and angels to me. ❤️🐶🐾

He looks like my red healer; thank you for saving him.

You’re proud of him and you should be proud of yourself as well 💕💕💕😇😇😇🙏🙏🙏🐶🐶🐶Your work is invaluable 🙏😇🐶💕

Thank you for being so caring loving God bless you beautiful his so shy ❤

There are the good people like you in this world, and then there are the bad. Our society needs to stop the backyard breeders for profit and start adopting much more and save these fantastic dogs that were once treated horribly by an unfit person. Please adopt

When I win the lottery I'm taking every dog in shelter and homing them on acres upon acres of beautiful land where they can run, play and be free...❤🎉🎉

Such a wonderful pup! It makes me so sad such a wonderful dog was about to be murdered! Thank you so much for doing what you did and I hope Ben is happy at his forever home.

Benny is a beautiful, sweet, adorable boy that would be a wonderful addition to any family. Thank you for giving him love, allowing him to love, and a 2nd chance at life 👍

You're happy and proud of him, but I think everyone is happy and proud of you for being a wonderful foster.

Heartbreaking to think of all the beautiful, sweet animals who never make it out of the shelter.

It just ruins me to see any animal so shut down... Well done... animals are the best and I believe they are a gift..

Wish at the end would show a glimpse of how he is doing in his new home. Sure everything is wonderful

What a sweet furry angel. I love seeing pups find their loving forever homes.

whenever i have mental health issues i just watch something from the dodo and i feel better thank you dodo

I always trust the person who has trust of animals around him/her. It tells something about their character.

Lovely lady, with your heart of gold and so much love and patience you gave Benny a chance at his forever home. You are amazing, and you have a place in heaven waiting for you 😇

Cattle dogs are so special. Thank you for saving another one.

We rescued a Queensland Heeler from an Animal Shelter and Maynard turned out to be the sweetest and most loyal dog!

Blessings be upon Benny & his new family, as well as his foster family. Benny's new dad better be good to him, all animals deserve to get back the love they freely, courageously give to humans.

Tears of joy 😢. Thank you for saving this beautiful soul. God bless you all ❤

I know you can't take in every dog you rescue, but I don't know how you find the courage to let them go. You're the essential first step on their journey to a happy life, but it must be so hard to say goodbye to one who makes the amazing change from traumatized to loving. Your role is the definition of bittersweet.

You did a beautiful and Blessed thing, saving him and loving him to be able to find his forever home. Change that the sweetheart needed. Bless the people who adopted him 🙏 ❤️

You're one of the angels spreading love on our planet. Much appreciated Lauren. 🤗❤️👍

Aww Benny is such a sweet boy! Thank you for helping him! ❤

Exactly what is meant by "Every dog deserves a home, not every home deserves a dog." Companions giving everything they have to those that bring them into a family. Many humans should have the character and honesty of a dog.

When you think of all the dogs and cats who didn’t have a chance to live the life they deserved and where euthanized, stories like this make my heart so happy because he was given another chance at life. Thank you for your work and saving this sweet boy!

Thank you and God bless you highly for caring for this angel 👼 with a smile on his face 😍✨✨✨✨✨✨✨🕊

I'm grateful, every day, that angels like Lauren live among us so that these fur babies' lives can be blessed.

Thank You Lauren and John for Recognizing Bens Desire to Want to Be Alive Again.. You're Such Special People ✝️❤️❤️✝️🥰🐕❣️

Keep him. He wants to be with you.

Thank you so much for saving that precious 💕😘 baby. You, nor he, will ever be sorry!

Beautiful transformation! 🐾❤🐾❤

The term "forever home" merely serves to dilute the sacred idea of a home. It is sufficient to say that this wonderful animal has found a home.

How cute is it that the other dogs brought down their energy and just relaxed with him? So empathetic.

What an incredible transformation in Benny. It just goes to show you what love can do.❤

Thankyou for rescuing cattle dogs.

She gave him that chance for life and love.

So very happy for this beautiful boy he didn't deserve to be euthanized, no shelter dog does. Thank you for fostering him and finding him a happy home he so deserved it. God bless you for what you do

ACDs are so sensitive, Thank you so much for helping save him. He just wanted his own person to trust and love. That is what ACD s are about. Good luck Ben !!!

Benny’s trepidation was confusion. He loved his foster mom. And he was likely abused by a man. My dog lifts his paw up for more mushings. Love that. What a cool story. Good ending. ❤🐕

It is obvious you are made to do this. You sound genuine. Other ppl scream or treat dogs like babies and can come across as annoying. Tks for saving a life

I wish YOU would keep him!

And just to think that Benny almost did not see his "happy ever after" i do have the upmost respect for the BEAUTIFUL folks that take the time to foster these doggo's with unfortunate trauma caused by man kind. In my eyes, i believe them to be angels on earth. Quite special people.

Wow Lady yoh have a heart of gold! You gave a 2nd. chance for this dog for life and this story has a HAPPY ENDING! GOD BLESS YOU!

Those people that say animals have no feelings, please direct them to look in his eyes.

Dogs are the greatest gift from God . I have a 4 year old German Shepherd and I treat him as a Son not a dog ! I wouldn't trade him for anything in the World!

Bless his dear heart for being willing to trust and love and bless hers for being willing to take home another "survivor". Thank you!!

Dogs do know who they can trust. Ben can feel it that you only have a good heart towards animal but really do care about them. Good abless you and those have a good heart to animals specially in need.

Wonderful rescue story and I just loved it when Benny put his paw on his foster mom asking for more affection. Mom's dogs really helped too. I hope Benny adapts well to his forever home. I'm a little surprised that foster mom didn't have at least one interview with that guy.

Lauren you a fabulous lady. Gorgeous inside and out! Thank you for saving Benni. Thank you to the kind gentleman who adopted him.

Fills my heart - thank you for saving him. We need to step up and help save animals from euthanasia and cruelty. ❤ One animal at a time! 🙏🏽

His sadness was heartbreaking but you didn't give up and his paw blessing was so sweet. I'm happy he now has a FOREVER home and please update us on Benny 🥰🥰❤️.

I love dog rehab stories like this. Without breeders & designer dogs these animals would stand a far better chance of survival.

He looks like an Australian cattle dog absolutely love these breeds both blue and red extremely loyal very active great guardians just amazing dogs!

I think murdering dogs is outrageous and should be illegal. It’s absolutely vile and disgusting and if people are not intelligent enough to figure out how to market and save dogs, they shouldn’t be working in shelters. Thank God this dog was saved.

You’ll never be loved more than being loved by a cattle dog. ❤❤❤

Thank you for saving this baby other wise wouldn't stand a chance all dogs deserve to be treated that way!

I am in awe of people who fosters dogs, then finds them a forever home. I applaud them. I couldn't do it though. My dog and 3 cats are literally my life and I would fall in love and be a foster fail for sure!!!❤❤❤

Thank you ❤️

I hope they thoroughly vet these potential adopters.

Aww. I am so thankful that he was able to be saved. Ben is blessed. He is so lucky that he had a chance to have a chance at life and have a forever homes. ❤❤❤❤

He loved his foster mom

Respect,if no interaction with shelter animals they shutdown/nobody saying spend 300 hrs/only 5/10 minutes they’ll know there loved

There’s nothing better in this world than a dog’s love

I'm glad I was able to learn how to treat dogs from how to treat people👍

🥺😍❤️ adorable🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Thank you SO MUCH for rescuing this beautiful beautiful baby! I wish I was rich so I could adopt every doggie that didn't have a family and have a doggie sanctuary and also to give back to all of the people who helped these babies! ❤❤❤

The young lady was saying she was proud of ben but she should also give herself a pat on the back because she saved a beautiful animal❤❤

breed-specific rescues are so important. every shelter needs to have a list of them for when a dog of an obvious breed shows-up. many of the best dogs "show" poorly in a shelter environment; it's so noisy and stressful. This is a beautiful cattle dog - so glad he got a new home.

Ben is a beautiful pup. I’m glad you fostered him and was able to find him a forever home. Job well done. 👏🏼