Man Arrives Hours Early to Clear the Shelters Event to Ensure He Could Adopt Dog He Previously Bonded with

Mar. 15, 2025

Drew, his partner and the dog they adopted.Photo:Austin Pets Alive!/Facebook

Austin Pets Alive!/Facebook

One dog has found his fur-ever home thanks to the determination of a dedicated adopter.

A man named Drew arrived hours early to aClear the Sheltersevent recently held atAustin Pets Alive!in Texas in order to ensure he could adopt a specific dog he had bonded with days prior.

Then explaining that he arrived at the establishment “two-ish hours early, give or take,” the man continues, “I want him to come home with me.”

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Drew can next be seen in the video completing the adoption process with his partner.

“My partner and I came on Sunday, got to hang out with [Julius] for a half-hour or so, got to know him a little bit, and I came here today with the intention today of adopting Julius — and I can’t wait,” he says excitedly.

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Video footage later shows Drew and his partner meeting with Julius after the adoption process was finished. The pup is captured running up to his new pet parents, wagging his tail and playfully jumping on them to give them kisses.

Drew, his partner and Julius then posed for a series of photographs toward the end of the clip, before the video ended with footage of the trio leaving the Clear the Shelters event together.

Drew, his partner and the dog they adopted.Austin Pets Alive!/Facebook

Clear the Shelters, according to its website, is “a nationwide pet adoption and donation campaign that helps find loving homes for animals in need.”

“More than 1 million pets have found their forever homes since 2015,” the group adds.

source: people.com