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Picture it: Rural North Carolina, 2023. \u201cNew dog here,\u201d Alex\u2014a PETA fieldworker\u2014documented. Coco, the new dog, was chained outside with a small plastic doghouse for shelter. The 6-month-old terrier\u2019s owner \u201cswears that Coco wants to be [outside],\u201d Alex noted. Coco, meanwhile, appeared only to want to be in a loving lap:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Nina<\/a>
Nina\u2014formerly \u201cCoco\u201d\u2014seemed to beg fieldworkers not to leave her each time they visited. Here, she snuggles up to PETA Vice President of Community Animal Project (CAP) Emily Allen during a spring 2024 visit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Alex, Emily, and every other CAP member who visited Coco begged her owner for the chance to find the playful pup a loving home indoors, but for a little more than a year, these pleas were denied. So fieldworkers did what they always do<\/a>: They improved sweet Coco\u2019s life in every way possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Nina<\/a>
Before the winter weather became too frigid \u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Nina<\/a>
PETA fieldworkers brought Nina a sturdy, insulated wooden doghouse.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In addition to delivering more durable shelter<\/a>, CAP swapped Coco\u2019s chain for a lightweight tie-out and\u2014after her owner complained that the lively lady kept knocking her water dish over\u2014secured a water bucket to her doghouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Nina<\/a>
\u201c[O]ddly heavy chain for such a small dog,\u201d one fieldworker noted before breaking the chain<\/a> <\/em>in favor of a tie-out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Eventually, PETA convinced Coco\u2019s owner that a spayed dog is a healthier dog<\/a>\u2014as spaying eliminates the stress and discomfort of heat periods, nixes the risk of uterine cancer, and greatly reduces the possibility of mammary cancer\u2014and scooped the terrier for a free sterilization appointment back in Virginia. When fieldworkers brought the newly spayed girl back, though, Coco\u2019s owner refused to let her recover from surgery indoors. It was then, finally, that we were all in agreement: Coco was coming with PETA, this time for good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Nina,<\/a>
Is there a 15-lb., terrier-sized hole in your heart? Let adoptable Nina fill it!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Back in Norfolk, Nina\u2014as she was promptly renamed by her PETA foster guardian\u2014wasted no time making up for lost time. Safe and sound indoors, Nina is learning to snuggle, play, snooze, zoom, hang with her canine foster siblings, only potty outside, and more! Nina is spayed, vaccinated, and keen to be chauffeured by PETA to the most terrier<\/em>iffic East Coast adoption applicant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nina is trading her chain and doghouse for freedom and a family!<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

E-mail Adopt@peta.org<\/a> to inquire about giving both to this deserving girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adopt Nina!<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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