The sad reality is that older dogs in shelters are often more overlooked than young, ‘bright-eyed’ puppies.
A professional dog groomer named Mark Imhof is doing everything in his power to change that by offering free haircuts and baths to old dogs at animal care shelters, so that they can finally find a home.
Imhof got his inspiration from his fiance, who said she didn’t want to see him go for another soulless job, and she saw the joy in his eyes when he interacted with their animals.
Mark is a former businessman, and his new mission is to make senior dogs more adoptable. Imhof visits Animal Care Centers of NYC to give dogs free haircuts and to make sure they no longer look unkempt.
These shocking before-and-after photos show what a difference a haircut can make.
Imhof recalls how dirty his shelter dogs were before he adopted them, but that didn’t discourage him from giving them a home.
Mark told boredpanda, “Sean was my first shelter dog, and when they brought him to me, he was on the unacceptable list because of behavior issues.”
“Of course, I explain to people, if we were to mat your hair, and then ask you to go do a job, you would probably have behavior issues too.”
But he worked through it, and Sean has became the most adorable guy.
Mark hopes to help get each dog he grooms adopted, and knows that once they are, they will pay that love forward to their forever homes.
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Man Gives Old Shelter Dogs Haircuts So They Can Finally Find Forever Homes is an article from: LifeDaily