Wednesday 9th March, 2022
He was found in a dangerous area in Tarifa, where he formed a pack with some friends to try to keep safe. They had no food or care, locals pelted them with stones and worse. Poor Adyn was the only survivor of the group. He came to us in April 2009, a young one year old. Who could have known that, for no reason anyone could fathom, he would become our longest long stayer.
This was strange because he was a friendly, playful sweet dog. Despite his lovely character, he was with ACE for six years, mostly in foster care. I used to call him 'the last dog' because he was the last one on the website. Always there. Always hoping. Always last.
His foster family in Amsterdam were kind and loving, they cared for Adyn, now Sammie, for one and a half years and while they were delighted when he found a forever home, they were sad to say goodbye. But so happy that Sam had found Julie and Steven and a wonderful future with them. I still remember writing about his adoption and being so delighted and moved to know he was home at last.
Sam now lives in Cameroon, his fifth country! He had left Spain for the Netherlands, where he was adopted. Sadly that didn't work out, so he went to his foster parents in Amsterdam until Steven insisted they adopt him, and so he came to Belgium. When Julie and Steven moved to Liberia to work with monkeys, Sam came too. And now he's living in Cameroon, and helping them save pangolins. This much travelled boy even had his own Instagram account - sam_breaking_the_internet.
When Sam moved in he found he had a friend there already. Julie and Steven had adopted Lita a year before Sam. Unknown to them, Lita and Sam had both been at the Refugio at the same time, between 2012 and 2014. And for a whole year, in 2012 they had shared the same kennel. Lita was adopted in 2014 and Sam in 2015. So the friends were reunited and remain best friends.
Sam's an older boy now, a bit lame, a little slower. Still very, very happy. Living the life he was born to lead, a contented, loving life, with his family and his best friend.
Another happy ending. A special one - from a long wait to a wonderful forever home.
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