Meet Laverne
@GardenGerty (162848)
United States
July 29, 2021 3:58pm CST
Meet Laverne and Jane. Laverne is a rescue dog. The Humane Society that rescued her from a hoarding situation thought she looked like Laverne, the character played by Penny Marshall. I would agree.
Laverne is about ten years old, and weighs 8 pounds. She has maybe four teeth. I will not tell you how old Jane is or how much she weighs, but she has more teeth. She and I have been friends for over 35 years.
I left my house before 7 to drive about 40 minutes to Jane's house. From there we drove 2 hours for her to pick up Laverne, and pay her adoption fee. The Humane Society says that if for any reason Jane cannot keep her they would take her back.
I got home a bit after 2.
Laverne, and another dog, Shirley, were rescued from an animal hoarding situation and had not been cared for properly. That is why she has so few teeth. Shirley was adopted a few weeks ago, but Jane was on a month long vacation. The Humane Society held on to her for Jane. She was wanting a lap dog and it looks like Laverne will fill the bill.
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@GardenGerty (162848)
• United States
29 Jul 21
Laverne is small enough that when Jane travels again, Laverne can ride in her carrier with her.
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@CarolDM (203410)
• Nashville, Tennessee
29 Jul 21
@GardenGerty How sweet. Seems perfect for her.
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@GardenGerty (162848)
• United States
29 Jul 21
Jane is a good person. And she needed a dog.She is also smart enough to know that she is older and needed an older pet.
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@sallypup (63385)
• Centralia, Washington
29 Jul 21
@GardenGerty Jane is right. My hubby talks about how our next adoptee must be older cause we'll be older. He worries about our fur person's welfare if something were to happen to us.
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@kobesbuddy (78856)
• East Tawas, Michigan
30 Jul 21
@sallypup Many dogs end up abused and neglected, after older owners pass away.
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@m_audrey6788 (58470)
• Germany
29 Jul 21
She is so cute. I hope everything will be ok. 
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@kaylachan (76392)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Jul 21
Happy to hear she's got an amazing home.
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@GardenGerty (162848)
• United States
30 Jul 21
Jane needed a small companion for when her husband works a lot and is not there.
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@GardenGerty (162848)
• United States
30 Jul 21
Jane got a little pink carrier for her, and a pink leash. While on her trip she bought food and water dishes at a thrift shop to have for Laverne.
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@kobesbuddy (78856)
• East Tawas, Michigan
30 Jul 21
Laverne is precious, what a shame that she wasn't properly cared for! Now Jane will give her a good, loving home.
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@GardenGerty (162848)
• United States
30 Jul 21
You can tell how happy Jane is to have this companion animal and she will be good for Jane.
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@kobesbuddy (78856)
• East Tawas, Michigan
30 Jul 21
@GardenGerty I'm sure they will remain best of friends:)
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@BarBaraPrz (49091)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
30 Jul 21
I wonder if Laverne misses Shirley, or the other way around.
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@GardenGerty (162848)
• United States
30 Jul 21
The Humane Society said that Shirley has been doing well in her new home. I think Laverne will as well.
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@GardenGerty (162848)
• United States
30 Jul 21
Yes she is and just right for her household.
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@GardenGerty (162848)
• United States
30 Jul 21
She is a small dog and Jane wanted a dog that she could hold in her lap.
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@LadyDuck (472480)
• Switzerland
31 Jul 21
@GardenGerty I love those small dogs, they are usually sweet dogs.
@wolfgirl569 (113694)
• Marion, Ohio
30 Jul 21
They are both adorable. Glad Laverne has a home now
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@GardenGerty (162848)
• United States
30 Jul 21
Me too. Jane has wanted a dog for a long time now.
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@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
30 Jul 21
That is so nice she was able to adopt and Laverne will have a loving home now. It's sad watching these Hoarding shows and seeing all these animals being neglected. Glad Jane is happy now too and can now have puppy snuggles.
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@GardenGerty (162848)
• United States
30 Jul 21
We cannot always help lots of people or dogs but we can help one at a time.
@changjiangzhibin89 (16883)
• China
30 Jul 21
Heart-warming post and photo ! Excuse me ! what is the" animal hoarding situation" ?
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16883)
• China
31 Jul 21
@GardenGerty Oh, I see.Thank you ! That amounts to abusing animals !
@Hannihar (130204)
• Israel
30 Jul 21
@GardenGerty
Thank you for sharing the picture of Laverne with us. She is adorable. I hate when animals are mistreated. I am so happy for both Jane and Laverne.
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@Hannihar (130204)
• Israel
1 Aug 21
@GardenGerty
Yes when there is a happy ending then it is good and if there isn't it is very sad. Animals need us to speak for them if if they are mistreated or abused for no reason then people are not nice. Animals have feelings like we do and they can feel hurt. My cat started eating again because I told her some good news that she was happy about. Animals can be happy or sad. She was not happy and hated her situation and not me but her situation and when I told her the good news it helps.
