According to ASPCA, an astonishing 6.3 million companion animals enter animal shelters every year in the US. Each year, approximately 920,000 shelter animals are euthanized (390,000 dogs and 530,000 cats). The numbers are so heartbreaking, it’s hard to wrap your head around the fact that many of the perfectly cute little animals don’t ever get their second chance in this life.
Luckily, however, more and more people are willing to give these lost furry souls their love and care, and bring them back to their forever family. So this post is a celebration of the rescued canines who, thanks to their loving owners, blossomed into these fun, cute, active, and smart woofers and pooches.
Thanks to Reddit’s wholesome corner known as r/BeforeNAfterAdoption, we prepared you an incredible collection of dog pics before and after they were adopted. The results are breathtaking and they give us hope that whatever happens, we are all going to be alright in this often chaotic world.
Psst! More inspiring woofer pics and stories can be found in our previous features here, here and here.
#1 My Brother's Dog, Ricky, Before 'N After Adoption. He Cleans Up Nicely!
Image credits: ChiefWolfy
#2 Lolita The Boonie From Guam - Saved From The Streets And Loved Back To Health
Image credits: BoonieFlightProject
#3 Our Little Rescue, Less Than 6 Months After Being Saved
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#4 This Is Lenore Before And After Being Rescued ! After Receiving Lots Of Love & Tlc, Lenore Does Not Even Look Like The Same Dog Anymore
Image credits: pawsnpurrs
#5 My Girl, Before And After Adoption. 1st Pic At The Shelter As A Stray Pup, 2nd After Being With Me For A Year And A Half
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#6 Always Hard To Believe These Two Pups Are The Same Dog! What A Few Years And A Lot Of Love Can Do
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#7 Sophie, Age 6, A Puppy Mill Rescue When I Adopted Her vs. Her A Year And A Half Later Full Of Fluff And Mischief
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#8 Named Her Possum Due To The Tail Situation, But Not Sure That Applies Anymore
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#9 Gizmo After A Little Bit Of Love
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#10 Before And After 2 Years Of Being Rescued
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#11 From A Scarred And Infected Street Pup To A Handsome Wind Blown Pack Leader
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#12 Meet My Norkis
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#13 Sylvi After I Saved Her In China (10/2017), And Her Well-Deserved Life In The USA Now
Image credits: existensialmisery
#14 My Myanmar Village Dog Before And After Adoption
Image credits: Its_Fal
#15 A Year Later
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#16 Five Years Since Adoption!
Image credits: Missing_my_kitty
#17 The Day We Met vs. 2 Months Later
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#18 From Being Abandoned And Chained Up In Romania To A Happy, Healthy And Sun-Loving Sweetheart
Image credits: LikesPhotoshop
#19 I Adopted This Terrified Shaggy Dog A Week After She Had Her Leg Amputated In April 2021
Now she’s full of life, love, and doesn’t let being a tripod limit her
Image credits: fanclub4snails
#20 Dachshund/Chihuahua Rescued Sept 3rd
Image credits: Kemistys
#21 King Louie Was Surrendered On Saturday After A Year Of No Grooming. Very Nice Glow Up Since Being In Our Home
Image credits: dwightsredshoes
#22 Before: Scared, Timid, Tired Teen Mom. After: The Best, Most Fun Loving Adventure Doggo Ever! Two Year Gotcha Day Coming Up In April
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#23 Brought Our Little Bean Home In A Chinese Take Away Box After Her Eye Ruptured Due To Infection. She Celebrated Her First Birthday Last November!
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#24 The Day I Picked Her Up, A Few Days Later, And A Few Years Later!
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#25 Shelter Photo vs. 2 Months At Home With Us Best Decision We Ever Made. We Love You Moon!
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#26 9 Months Later!
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#27 My Husband And I Rescued Little Bowie Off The Streets Of Guam. He Was Covering In Ticks And Burs And His Back Leg Was Broken Presumably From Being Hit By A Car. And He Was Only 2 Months Old! Now, He’s 6 Months Old And Lives In Hawaii With 6 Humans That Adore Him. Rescue Is Beautiful.
Image credits: Lou0714
#28 Olly Had Significant Anxiety As A Puppy. Now He’s A Happy Farm Dog
Image credits: lustforlifelizard
#29 I Adopted Igor Exactly 1 Year Ago! It's Been So Amazing Seeing Him Slowly Change Over Time To Become The Dog He Is Now - Here's To Some More Wonderful Years Together!
Image credits: colasinas
#30 Panko After Almost 8 Months!
Image credits: Besiuk
#31 From The Streets Of Qatar To The Great White North. Happy 3 Months On Canadian Soil To My Amazing Boys!
Image credits: olive111
#32 My Sweet Baby. Her Adoption Pic vs. Now
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#33 My Sister’s First Dog, Boone!
Image credits: Insemzandtaya
#34 Our Senior Girl 6 Months Into Her Retirement
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#35 Iris Was Found As A Starving And Terrified Stray Wandering With Her 6 Pups In Rural Virginia
Image credits: harleysnoodles
#36 Changeover Happened After Lots Of Love, Food And Water. Meet Apollo
Image credits: pistolpanos
#37 From Parvo To Pawfect Mcfly Turned 4 Today
Image credits: Glen_Myers
#38 Adopted Last Week. From Pound Pup To Pampered Pooch. Chloe Bear
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#39 From In The Shelter And Scared Last Wednesday To Forever Home And Happy. Meet Paisley
Image credits: Gimpster1899
#40 June, 2017. At The Shelter. To Less Than A Year Ago. It’s My Favorite Photo Of Him. He Has Uveodermatologic Syndrome
He no longer has eyes, actually! We had them removed about 3 years ago due to a great deal of issues. It just felt like a necessary decision to improve his quality of life.
Image credits: VestaJinxx
#41 From Scared Puppy To A Handsome Boy Living His Best Life
Image credits: hardtofindninja
#42 Peach & Chubbs Are A Bonded Senior Pair From The Home Of An Elderly Woman Who Passed Away In Late 2020
Because Of Their Age, And The Fact That They Had To Be Adopted Together, They Weren’t Popular At The Rescue. Until We Came Along
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#43 When I Picked Up Kovu And His Two Siblings At 5 Weeks Old And Brought Them To Our Rescue, They Were Skinny, Wormy, Covered In Fleas
Now he is almost 5 months old and was adopted into the perfect family! Oh and they named him Doug!
Image credits: itwasalwaysace
#44 Our Sweet Boy Before & After We Adopted Him
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#45 Georgia, A 5 Y/O Golden Retriever Rescued From A Puppy Mill Associated With The Dog Meat Trade
Image credits: Which-Leave1
#46 This Is Poochie Before And After Adoption. The Goodest Boy
Image credits: DeltaSteps
#47 Dumped At The Shelter On The Brink Of Starvation With Five Puppies, And A Chest Full Of Bb Pellets
Now She’s My Gentle Goofy Girl Who Likes To Tie Herself Up In Knots On The Sofa And Sticks Her Tongue Out When She’s Happy
Image credits: Gingertumericlemon
#48 Teddy Was In A Shelter Before I Started Fostering Him
He Came Full Of Ticks And Scars, 9 Months Later, He’s A Bundle Of Joy Thats Been Adopted In Canada And Will Soon Go There
Image credits: Somelebguy989
#49 Luna Has Been With Us For 6 Months Now! She Was So Dirty, Matted, Scared/Angry, And In A Lot Of Pain From An Injury And Abuse
Those first few months were admittedly difficult, but she is now such a silly, sweet, confident girl and it just makes me so happy for her!
Image credits: GypseboQ
#50 His First Week At Home, Alert While Eating And Completely Relaxed A Year Later
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#51 I Am So Unbelievably Lucky To Have Him
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#52 The First Photo Was From The Shelter. Some Tender Love And Care Later And Here She Is Enjoying The Texas Bluebonnets With Her Family
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#53 We Got Harpo From A Shelter
He Had Been Rescued With A Embedded Collar And Was Very Under Weight. This Month Is His 7 Year Rescue Anniversary!
Image credits: Fickle-Gas6855
#54 I Promise These Are The Same Dog. Far Left Is A Picture I Took In The Shelter In Bvi
Third photo in the collage is when she was in Florida. The pool pic is an update her adopters sent to our rescue… even my jaw dropped to the ground when I saw what an absolute miracle her glow up was!
Image credits: gkpetrescue
#55 Our Foster Dog, A Neglect Case, Has Been With Us Almost Two Weeks And Has Put On 20 Pounds. He Is The Most Incredible Dog
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#56 My Egyptian Street Dog When I Picked Her Up And Now
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#57 Nervous To Nested With Her Loving Older Brother (Also A Rescue)
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#58 One Of My Newly Rescued Stray Puppies
Still Not Adopted, But At Least Saved From The Misery He Lived In, Me Being His Foster Mom! I Just Wanted To Share His Adorable Face In Hope Your Positive Energy Will Maybe Help Him Find A Forever Home Soon!
Image credits: airesiss
#59 Lexi, The Day Found And A Year Later
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#60 Ivy’s 4 Year Glow Up - From Anxious Pup Found On The Streets Of Socal, To Happy Farm Dog
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#61 Another One We Rescued Was Kiara! She Was The Sleepiest!
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#62 10 Years Since I Saw Lucy’s Adoption Photo On The Left And Scooped Her Up At The Shelter. She’s Been My Adventure Buddy And Snuggly Companion Ever Since
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#63 1 Year Later, From Being Abandoned In A Park In Georgia To Becoming My Absolute Best Friend, Thank You To Whoever Left Her
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#64 Today Is 1 Year After Her First Time On The Couch, And The Scared, Dirty And Underweight Dog I Got Out Of A Snare Is Almost Unrecognizable
Image credits: thelifeofpies
#65 Meet Tom! 7 Months Post-Adoption And We’re Going Strong!
Image credits: middlie
#66 Nora Went From Neglected And Starving To Getting Fussed Over 24/7
Image credits: Lutzbug
#67 This Is Rosie Before And After Adoption. She Turned Out To Be A Majestic Beauty
Image credits: tallbabycogs
#68 Gotcha Day 11/9/19 And Few A Weeks Ago
Poor Guy Had A Very Nasty Bite Wound Hiding The Funk On His Head
Image credits: Suspicious_Design_29
#69 Yesterday Made One Year With This Boy- From A Skinny Stressed Out Mess To Just A Mess
Image credits: Llama_Pinata
#70 A Year Ago I Posted The First Two Pictures Which Were A Week Difference From Removing This Sweet Girl From A House Of Neglect. A Year Later Now And Wanted To Check In And Show You That She Is Thriving!
Image credits: psychotic_misfit
#71 Xena When We Rescued Her From Her Monster Owner And Her Progress In A Bit
We Know That It Would Be A Long Battle For All Of Us As Well As Xena But We Will Never Forsake Her Again... We Will Do Our Best To Shower Her With Love And Medical Attention She Needs
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#72 The Difference That 2 Years Makes. Happy Belated Gotcha Day Marley!
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