Overlooked Elderly Pets Need Love Too, And This Pit Bull Is Proof

Elderly pit bulls have a couple of strikes against them when it comes to finding adoptive homes.

But Brenda and Phil Johnson are among those people who see gems in these often overlooked animals. And how the Springfield, Virginia, couple wound up with 13-year-old Diamond is the kind of tale of kismet and kindness that might have you believing in destiny.

When Diamond wound up at Northern Virginia’s Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation in need of a new home, volunteer Barbara Hutcherson thought of the Johnsons immediately.

Diamond, now Daisy, luxuriates on one of her many comfy beds at her new home. Photo credit: Brenda Johnson

See more of Lost Dog and Cat Rescue Foundation’s available, adoptable pets on the group’s Facebook page.

And get in touch at arin.greenwood@huffingtonpost.com if you have an animal story to share!

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