UPDATE: Diamond has been adopted by a retired fire fighter 🙂

Diamond is one of those cases that makes me not want to go back to the shelter. She was burned very badly at one point, she had her ears chopped off by a novice and she has been in and out of the shelter for many years. Animal Control has been out to her house many times for tethering, letting his dogs run loose and keeping them in unsafe conditions. Listening to her story makes me very sad.

But when you approach her, she doesn’t wear the abuse in her demeanor. She is friendly, but shy. She loves to walk around with me, never pulling on the leash. She’s just happy to go where I want to go. She goes nose to nose with other dogs without a problem and even licked a feral cat in the face. When I take her out into the outside play area, she gingerly walks around the area a few times, then comfortably sits down by me in the shade.

She is eight years old, so she is docile. But that also means she is wise. She has been in this shelter before. She has seen people time and time again walk past her without a second glance. Or people walk past her and tell their children not to touch.

She knows the drill. She sits in her crate and waits for her next meal. Or her next trip outside. But mostly, she just sits there and waits to die.

Diamond is at Fulton County Animal Services: A466949. Please email neelyannconway@gmail.com if you are interested in helping Diamond with either a foster or an adopter.