She’s Been At A Shelter For Almost 4 Years, But Mira The Pit Bull Is Still Happy

Mira the pit bull came into the Middletown Humane Society as a stray in May, 2011. Nearly four years later, she’s still there.

But don’t feel sad for this sweet bear of a dog.

“Mira is the kind of dog that loves life, even her life here with us,” says Britney Schoonmaker, who runs MHS’s web and Facebook pages, cleans kennels, cares for animals, and helps out with anything else that needs doing at this shelter in New York’s Hudson Valley.

“She gets excited to go outside, comes right up to her kennel door to see visitors and loves stuffed toys. Mira likes to play and run off-leash in our exercise yard, but she is also a couch potato and is content to lay around all day if you want,” she says. “She grunts, snorts, and makes all kinds of other sounds that make people jump, but that’s just our Mira!”

“Mira’s ideal 2015 would be in her very own home with a family that will love her forever,” says Schoonmaker. “No dog should be as happy in a kennel as others are in a home. We want Mira to know how it feels to have a home and a family that loves her.”

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