Adopt an Older Dog

Shefali O'Hara
5 min readAug 20, 2019

The love you give will be given back tenfold

Annie shortly after I adopted her

In 2015, I adopted a dog. No one else wanted her. She had been with her foster mom for almost a year.

She was 10 years old. Most people want puppies.

Annie’s body showed the hard life she had. Even though she was a full blooded Scotch collie, she didn’t have the beautiful collie tail. Someone had shot it off her. Yes, with a shotgun.

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Shefali O'Hara

Cancer survivor, writer, engineer. BSEE from MIT, MSEE, and MA in history. Love nature, animals, books, art, and interesting discussions.