A dog at a rescue shelter in Texas is finally adopted after spending ten years there. Jill, an all-white American pit bull mix, first arrived at the Clay County Animal Shelter in Henrietta, Texas, when she was a one-year-old pup way back in 2012. But because a lot of landlords won’t allow pit bull dogs at their rentals, she never got adopted and the shelter became her home, and the shelter workers became her family.
But in early July, Jill’s fortune changed the day Kellie Blassingame came into the shelter looking for an older dog to adopt. “Senior dogs don't get adopted very often,” explains Kellie. “So that was one of the main reasons I wanted to adopt an older dog."
She immediately fell for Jill. "All the other dogs were very sweet,” says Kellie “I just feel like she kinda naturally gravitated towards me.” So, on July 4th the pup went to live at her new forever home. Jill is settling into her new environment and Kellie has nicknamed the newest member of her family, Jill Jellybean.