The issue of overcrowded shelters grows more serious each day. Employees, volunteers, and dog advocates constantly warn about the overwhelming number of dogs left behind.

For many, those warnings feel like nothing more than numbers. What they don’t see are the countless heartbreaking stories behind every single dog waiting inside those kennels.

That is why sharing these stories matters, and today’s is about a shelter dog named Carlo, who spends every day peeking through a crack in his kennel, holding onto the hope that someone will finally choose him.

Longing For A Forever Home

Carlo, a six-year-old dog and long-term resident of Longmont Humane Society in Longmont, Colorado, spends his days dreaming of a forever home.

Staff and volunteers who adore him have noticed his longing in a

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