The Kennels Emptied As All Except Sad Lonely Pit Bull Got Adopted

A lovable old pit bull named Capone saw everyone around him get a forever home. Instead of being taken out of his kennel and placed somewhere where he would feel safe and loved, he was ignored or put back in his kennel after a brief encounter.

All his shelter friends were adopted and left the shelter one by one. Until Capone was the only one.

This broke the hearts of the staff. Carly Quinn, director of the Ionia County shelter. ,,Capone was our only dog at the shelter for a while. All the kennels were empty except for Capone’s calm and friendly kennel.”

Capone was adopted shortly after he arrived at the shelter, but was returned when he didn’t get along with another dog in the household. Capone became discouraged. He was so depressed that he stopped eating.

,,He lost a lot of weight because he no longer had the appetite he had at home.” says Quinn. It was very difficult to get him to eat.

We had to coax him with treats and different types of wet food every day. Everyone could see that Capone had lost not only his appetite, but also a part of who he was.

,,The Capone we met in 2017 and the Capone we met in 2018 were two different dogs.” Quinn said. ,,After he was abandoned the second time, he seemed to choose his friends as if he was really betrayed.