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Dog gets national attention but still needs home

Dog gets national attention but still needs home - Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 6:20PM EST

Wednesday, Dec 12, 2007 @06:20pm EST

A dog at Schuylkill County shelter is gaining national attention.

But it's because pet owners want to find him a home.

At nearly 14 years old, Leroy is looking for a home.

Gary Digiuseppe of the Hillside SPCA in North Manheim Township says, "he has not met a man, woman, or child he has not loved."

Leroy, a bulldog siberian husky mix, was brought in to the hillside society for the prevention of cruelty to animals, or SPCA shelter in hillside two years ago.

He was skinny, and had an ear infection.

Since then, he's been nursed back to health but still needs an owner.

"our big worry about leroy is if we don't find him a home soon, he'll be spending a third christmas at our shelter."

The hillside SPCA put Leroy's adoption status as urgent meaning he's been in the shelter a long time without being adopted.

The urgent status was put on the national website, pet finder dot com.

Dog owners from across the country sent gifts to Leroy, and paid for new x-rays which revealed he had been shot with a shotgun in the past.

Now he's receiving the treatment he needs.

"it's just heartwarming, it brings tears to your eyes."

Now the shelter hopes someone can look into Leroy's different colored eyes, and adopt him.

"he's older but he still has a lot of love to give."

And hopefully he'll soon have a home to share that love.

The Hillside shelter is a "no kill" shelter so Leroy won't be euthanized.

He'll stay at the shelter until he's adopted.