World War II Veteran And Scared Chihuahua Find True Love

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This distinguished gentleman, Allen, served on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific during WW2. He is 90 years old, his faithful dog companion passed away recently and he was becoming depressed being all alone.

Some friends he met through the Meals on Wheels program brought him to the Dallas Animal Services and Adoption Center where he met Coco, a tiny, frightened Chihuahua.

It was truly love at first sight. As soon as Nicole Hernandez, a manager of the Dallas Animal Services' shelter put Coco in his lap, she stopped shaking. He didn't even want to let her go long enough to do the paperwork.

Dallas Animal Services and Adoption Center

“It was an instant connection for both of them,” Hernandez said. “She wouldn’t take her eyes off of him, and he wouldn’t stop smiling at her.”

Hernandez also said that it's this kind of partnership that she'd like to see expand, since senior people and shelter pets can be so good together.

Coco is about 3 years old and just over 6 pounds. In mid-October, she’d been brought to Dallas Animal Services’ shelter by her former owners, who said they no longer had time for the dog. She’d been scared and shaky at the shelter ever since.

Those days look to be over, for Coco. The shelter said in a Facebook post that Allen “didn’t even want to let her go long enough to do the paperwork.”

The feeling was mutual. In Allen’s arms, Coco “looked up at him, relaxed and quit shaking,” Hernandez said. “It was truly love at first sight.”

Dallas Animal Services has lots more special doggies and kitties, and even pigs, looking for homes — find them on the group’s Facebook page.


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