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Loren Agron (left) and Drew Wilhelm adopted Elvis in a second of destiny as Agron was once an Elvis impersonator.
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A former stray canine named Elvis was the one animal not adopted at a shelter occasion in Chicago — however his heartbreaking ordeal finally led him to his ceaselessly household when he was taken in by none aside from a former Elvis impersonator.
The 3-year-old pit bull combine needed to return to his kennel at Chicago’s Anti-Cruelty Society (ACS) after the opposite 22 dogs and 39 cats on the rescue organization’s Nov. 11 fall adoption occasion discovered properties.
The ACS shared photos of Elvis — who it described as a “meatball” and “snuggler” with the “silliest personality” — peering by means of the door of his cage subsequent to a row of empty kennels on Facebook in hopes of discovering him a home.
“Elvis is the only dog that didn’t find a home during our Fall in Love adoption event,” the shelter wrote. “He met a lot of potential adopters but sadly did not get adopted. Help us find Elvis a family to love!”
The rescue org famous that the pup, a pit bull-terrier combine, is potty-trained, crate-trained and is aware of find out how to sit and lay down on command and has been within the shelter for a number of months.
His unhappy story was additionally covered by the local news.
“His giant smile lights up every room he enters,” the ACS added subsequent to an lovely photograph of Elvis smiling together with his eyes closed and tongue out.
That photograph plus a coincidence that felt like destiny led Elvis to his people, together with a former Elvis impersonator.
“His adopters had been waiting for the right time to welcome a dog into their family and once they saw Elvis on the news, they couldn’t deny that it was fate!” the ACS wrote in an update they cheekily titled “Elvis has LEFT the building!”
One of Elvis’ new dads, Loren Agron, 39, labored as an Elvis-impersonating waiter at Ed Debevic’s, a Nineteen Fifties-themed diner the place staffers entertain clients with choreographed dance routines on the soda counter, according to the Washington Post.
Agron, who now manages the diner, advised the outlet he dressed up because the King with a black cowboy shirt, “quintessential giant Elvis sunglasses,” lengthy sideburns and pomped-up hair and known as himself “Elvis Parsley” from 2005 to 2007.
“Elvis has always been a big part of my life because I’ve always loved music from that era,” he added.
Argon headed to the shelter to satisfy Elvis the canine the subsequent day and was instantly smitten with the grey and white pup.
“I loved him immediately,” Agron mentioned. “Having a pup named Elvis seemed like a perfect fit.”
He then returned to the shelter together with his companion Drew Wilhelm, who first noticed the publish about Elvis, and the couple adopted him that day, Nov. 17.
“While we were sitting in the waiting room to meet him, I felt like a father waiting for his newborn son to arrive,” Wilhelm, a 43-year-old supervisor of a Chicago cocktail lounge, advised the newspaper.
“As soon as I saw him, I knew that was our dog,” he mentioned. “When no one else wanted him, we found him. We’re all a bunch of misfits.”
Wilhelm described Elvis as “just an adorable goofball” who likes to lounge and take up many of the mattress.
The couple and ACS hope Elvis’ story helps encourage others to undertake.
The nonprofit’s senior director of selling and communications advised the Washington Post that the ACS crew was so saddened for Elvis when he was the one one left after their adoption occasion.
“We’re grateful that people all over the country are now invested in Elvis’s story, and we can’t stress enough that we see dogs like Elvis waiting for their forever homes every day,” she mentioned.
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