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These 223 Dogs On Their First Day Of Adoption Will Make You Want To Adopt One Too
Most of the time, when a pup spends a long time in the shelter, they don't really know what it is to call a place "home". So when a stranger adopts a dog from the shelter and takes it home, the furry friend isn't really sure what's happening. Sometimes they look confused, sometimes they look frightened - the reactions vary from pup to pup, but they all have one thing in common - they're just adorable.
Keep on scrolling to take a look at Bored Panda's list of adorable newly adopted puppies and what they looked like when they entered their new home for the first time. Have any similar photos? Add them to the list!
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#1
Still Not Sure If We Adopted A Deer Or A Dog
#2
Smiling Pup On Adoption Day
Yvonne Bernal 8 years ago
I'd smile like this too if I needed a forever home. PLEASE - Adopt a rescue dog, they need us.
#3
First Ride Home From The Shelter - Finally A Home At 11 Years Old
#4
Adopted This Old Man Max From The Shelter Today
#5
My Name Is Ripley And I Was Adopted Today
#6
My Buddy Royal. Adopted And Returned Twice - No One Wanted Him. Best Buddies, We Are
#7
We Adopted This Dog During My Tour In Afghanistan
#8
Dog Waits 8 Months To Find A Home, Gets Adopted By Caretaker On Christmas
#9
My Friend Adopted A Stray, Meet Duncan, Possibly The Happiest Looking Dog On Crete
#10
One Year Ago We Spontaneously Got This Little Nugget And It Was The Best Decision We Ever Made
#11
She Survived Walmart
#12
My Wife And I Just Adopted Our First Dog
#13
So We Adopted An Abandoned Puppy
Pearl Dacks 8 years ago
I'm going to live in a real home with a family who will love me happily ever after.
#14
3 Years Ago I Met My New Family, They Are Nice They Took Me From The People Who Didn't Care
#15
Mom And Dad's Favorite Picture They Took Of Me When They First Got Me
#16
Charlie's First Day Home
#17
Recently Adopted This Dog From Bulgaria
Bo Desheva 8 years ago
What a joy it is to see one of the many suffering street dogs in Bulgaria find a loving home. This is so generous of you! Take good care of the little darling - it's not an easy life for a street dog here. We have three rescues at home and they bring us an incredible amount of joy!
#18
Meet Patches. We Adopted Him From An Animal Shelter. This Was His First Day At His New Home
#19
Adoption Day
#20
Girlfriend And I Rescued This Little Girl Today
#21
First Day Home. He Played With His Squeaky Squirrel Until He Passed Out
#22
So I Adopted A Puppy Yesterday
#23
What A Gorgeous Looking Boy
#24
Another Redditor Found This Dog On The Street. I Adopted Her. I Think She's Happy Now
#25
The Day We Brought Our Sweet Kaia Home From The Shelter
#28
Sister Just Rescued This Guy From A Local Shelter. Face Of Pure Joy
#29
The Face You Make When You Realize You've Just Been Adopted
#30
Furever My Home, Furever A Bengal
#31
Welcome Home, Leo. You've Already Stolen Our Hearts
#32
His First Day In Our Home After We Rescued Him
#33
Day I Found My Mom And Daddy
#34
Finally A Place To Call Home
#35
My Sister Just Might Have Adopted The Cutest Puppy Ever Today
#36
First Day Home And I'm In Love
Ariane Kok 8 years ago
How in the world did this puppy got in a shelter. Who dumped her? Why??? ????
#37
My Uncle Adopted This Former Russian Guard Dog. He Warned Me Not To Get Too Close
#38
I'm Adopted
#39
Olive The Chiweagle
#40
My Rescue Puppy His Very First Day Home
#41
My Sister And Her Husband Adopted This Cutie, This Is His First Snow
#43
2 Years Ago Today I Drove All The Way From Arkansas To Ohio To Be With My Furever Family
#45
Meet Jagger - The Newest Addition to Our Family
#46
The Day Mommy Took Me Home
#47
Adopted This Cutie From The Shelter Today!
#48
Throwback To Rikku's Adoption Day, Over 2 Years Ago
#49
We Rescued This Tired Little Chocolate Lab From The Shelter Today
#50
Today, We Adopted A 9-month Old Fluffy Friend. Meet Nook!
#51
So I Rescued This Puppy Today
#52
Congrats To Loki Of The Marvel Mutts On His Official Adoption Day!
#53
Just Adopted This Little Girl. Meet Maya
#54
All Tuckered Out After Her First Day Home
#55
Update - Forever Home Found
#58
I Love This Girl So Much Already
#59
My Adopted Dog
#60
I Just Got Adopted Today And Helped My New Aad Propose To My Mom
#61
She Just Had A Bath In This Pic
Mandy Harker 7 years ago
My dogs love the drying part after the bath. Looks like your puppy does too :D
#62
Phoenix The Stunning Catahoula
#64
Meeca On Her First Day Home :)
Final score:
46points
Angelia Giannini 8 years ago
Wow some pups are just comfortable right from the start as if they knew you were coming for them all along.
#65
Sitting In Moms Lap
#67
Throwback To My First Few Days With My New Family
#68
This Girl And I Were Made For Each Other
#70
Meet Harper Everyone! She's Settling Into Her New Home With New Toys
#71
First Day Home And She's Made Herself Comfy!
Final score:
42points
#73
My First Day With My New Parents
#74
Today Marks One Whole Year With This Monster
#76
Meeca In The Car On Her Way Home From The Shelter.
Final score:
38points
#77
When I Was No Bigger That Daddy's Shoe. Thank You For Rescuing Me That Day
#78
Heard From Joy's New Family. They Are Loving Her
#79
Almost There
Final score:
35points
#80
Found This Little Guy Wandering Around On A Very Cold Winter's Day, Couldn't Just Leave Him To Freeze To Death So We Took Him Inside And Never Let Him Go!
Final score:
34points
#81
Molly And George - Looks Like They're Hitting It Off!
Final score:
34points
#82
Rescued Dog - Billy
#83
My Sweet Babygirl...adopted Off The Streets
Final score:
31points
Jana Bazoosh 8 years ago
I think that Cezar, the labrador that I'm adopting next Tuesday, is mixed with this breed. The result is awesome :D
#85
Daisy's First Day Home!
Final score:
30points
#87
Lottie And Her Adopted Puppy Beau All The Way From Greece!
Final score:
29points
#89
Meet Nox, Else Know As Batdog. We Adopted Him A Year Ago ... Best Decision Ever Made!
Final score:
28points
#90
Our Once Abandoned Puppy....
Final score:
28points
#91
What Do You Mean I'm Adopted? All The Way For Spain To His Furever Home In The U.k.
Final score:
27points
#92
Adopted This Cutie From The Shelter Today
#93
Somebody Abandoned Him In A Forrest During Winter. I Hope He Is Happy Since The Day We Met.
Final score:
26points
#94
When We First Got Cletus
#95
This Is Our Lola! My Sister & I Adopted Her Back In January. She Is All Love & Kisses!
Final score:
25points
#96
He Wanted To Ride Home On My Lap...while I Drove. (don't Worry, He Didn't.)
Final score:
25points
#97
Lily On Her First Day Home. On Her Back Sunbathing On The Back Porch.
Final score:
24points
#98
Welcome, Frank! After His First Grooming After He Was Found Severely Neglected And Lost.
Final score:
23points
#99
My Little Man Cisco On His First Car Ride Home
Final score:
23points
#100
Our Joi Is Now 10 Yrs Old...seems Like Yesterday
Final score:
21points
#101
Wherever You Go I Shall Follow! Jalie, 2 Years Ago
Final score:
21points
#102
Rescued From An Abusive Home... Who Could Be Mean To This Sweet Girl?
Final score:
21points
#103
We Got Chloe Very Quickly, I Saw Her And I Had To Have Her As My Pup
Final score:
20points
#104
She Got Caught While She Sneaked Out A Midnight Snack. She Was Only One Year Old
Final score:
20points
Mandy Harker 7 years ago
Hee hee dogs love midnight snacks lol. Anyone know what kind of dog is he?
#105
I Was Supposed To Be Her Foster Mom For A Few Weeks. But It Was Love At First Sight.
Final score:
20points
#106
Mr. Darcy, Adopted After 12 Years, First Day (on The Left) And 1 Year After
Final score:
20points
#107
Our Newest Adopted Puppy And Her Two Adopted Brothers!
Final score:
19points
#109
First Day Being In A Real Home And Not A Kennel!
Final score:
19points
#110
Bettyboo Had Been"rehomed" Several Times. This Was Her First Day Home With Us In 2013.
Final score:
19points
Nathalie Garner-Ibbitson (Submission author) 8 years ago
And she's gorgeous and cuddly and reactive. We're blessed and learning and trying to make other dog owners aware!
#111
Zero On His Adoption Day :) Deaf And A Little Blind But All Wiggly Love :)
Final score:
19points
#112
Both Rescues...sisters By Other Mothers For 8 Years
Final score:
18points
#113
Dug, The Day We Pulled Him Off The Street
Final score:
18points
#114
Ted's First Day
Final score:
18points
#115
4yr Old Gunnar Found A Furever Home!
Final score:
18points
#116
We Had Just Adopted Our First Pet As A Family On July 17th!
Final score:
17points
#117
10 Years Old And The First Day Home!@zizou_the_weredog On Instagram
Final score:
17points
#118
How Could I Not Bring Her Home?
Final score:
17points
#119
Max On His Way Home From Paws Chicago
Final score:
16points
#120
First Week With Us
Final score:
16points
#121
Luna (lab/great Dane/dalmatian Mix) On Her First Day Home (10 Weeks Old)!
Final score:
15points
#122
Finally Found My Forever Home! I'll Drive Us There!
Final score:
15points
#123
Snow Lion
Final score:
15points
#124
Kira (aka Sleeping Beauty) Her First Day At Home!!!
Final score:
14points
#125
Solo's First Day (plus Ted!)
Final score:
14points
#126
Totally Unexpected And Unplanned Adoption! Couldn't Resist That Face, So Took Her Home Right!
Final score:
14points
#127
Recently Celebrated A Year With This Guy.
Final score:
14points
#128
Lenin. Also Known As Thuglet. Thankfully Hes Now Grown Out Of Bed Shredding
Final score:
14points
#129
When We Found Him On The Street
Final score:
14points
#130
Lara,our Adopted Girl She Was Too Exited For Photos On Adoption Day. Got This Shot A Bit Later.
Final score:
14points
#131
Max's First Day
Final score:
13points
#132
Amelia Just Got Home And Had Her First Bath Ever!
Final score:
13points
#133
My Willow The Day I Adopted Her From A Rescue Group
Final score:
13points
#136
Parker Was A Stray When I Adopted Him 4 Yrs. Ago
Final score:
12points
#142
A Couple Days After Adoption At The Vet! I Love Our Bailey.
Final score:
11points
Monica Tarrant Kratzke (Submission author) 8 years ago
She's quite possibly the happiest dog around!
#143
Eevee's First Night Out Of The Cold
Final score:
11points
#144
Adopted This Stray When She Was Just 5 Months Old. I Saved Her And She Saved Me :)
Final score:
11points
#145
"is This My New Home?" Wrigley Was Adopted From Our Local Animal Shelter.
Final score:
10points
#146
My Little Augie On The Car Ride Home From The Shelter ????
Final score:
10points
#148
This Lil Charmer Was 14 On Adoption Day 2014....he Still Charms Everyone...
Final score:
10points
#151
2years Ago Baro's First Day In His New Home - Still So Small
Final score:
9points
#152
First Day With Our Sweet Boy, Roger.
Final score:
9points
#153
They Broke My Leg Then Tried To Have Me Put Down- My New Mum Stepped Up With A Better Idea:-)
Final score:
9points
#154
Cody First Day Of New Home. Best Dog Ever.
Final score:
8points
#155
I've Got Boris In 2015 And It Was The Best Choice Ever. Look At That Face :)
Final score:
8points
#156
Sisters Going To Put To Sleep Now Sleep After First Day At The Beach!
Final score:
8points
#159
Adopted Two Years Ago After He Was Abandoned At Eight Weeks
Final score:
7points
#160
Hes Rocky We Adopted Him When Some One Abandoned Him. I Still Remember He Was Sitting Alone And
Final score:
7points
#161
We Adopted This Guy Last Christmas. Best Christmas Present Ever.
Final score:
7points
#163
Jazzy Jef His First Day At His New And Final Home. Can You Be More Relaxed?
Final score:
6points
#164
Two Months Ago We Adopted Wallace, A 2 Years Old Neglected Pugtzu. Best Decision Ever.
Final score:
6points
#167
Boris And Natasha. Rescued From An Abandoned Car In Georgia.
Final score:
6points
#169
Little Pogo Thanking Me By Licking My Hand On Adoption Day!
Final score:
5points
#170
Boyfriend & I Adopted These Two Sisters So They Never Have To Be Apart. ????❤️????
Final score:
5points
#171
First Day At Home After My Journey From Spain To Germany
Final score:
5points
#172
From Puppy Mill To Loving Home- Karma Now Has Her Permanent Home.
Final score:
4points
#173
We Got Adopted But Now Were Bussie Waiting For Our Daddy!!
Final score:
4points
#174
Laila (black Puppy) Was Found On The Streets, The Beige Dog Is Surprise, They Are Inseparable
Final score:
4points
#175
My Name Is Panda And 2 Years Ago My Parents Adopted Me! Now I Am A Happy & Jumpy Dog!
Final score:
4points
#178
Been Living On The Side Of The Road For Almost Her Whole Life. Now In A Loving Home
Final score:
4points
#184
Day Of Adoption, 6 Years Ago. No Even Being 20lbs Underweight Could Keep That Smile Away.
Final score:
4points
#189
She Adopted Us Showing Up Three Days In A Row To Have Some Bacon And Donut Breakfast :).
Final score:
4points
#190
The Day We Met And Brought Her Home. Best Decision Ever.
Final score:
4points
#191
The Day I Was Adopted After My Mother Died Hit By Car. Now I Have A Dad And Mum That Love Me.
Final score:
3points
#192
Leopold Knew I Was There For Him! Good By Nice Foster Home, Hello Mommy!
Final score:
3points
#195
She Was Found Lost In The Middle Of Highway,now She's Happiest Dog In The World!! :)
Final score:
3points
#196
5 Months Ago I Was Taken From The Street Where I Had Been Abandoned. Couldn't Be Happier
Final score:
3points
#198
Great Dane = Molly. Sebastian = Returned To The Shelter 3x Before We Found Him. #fureverhome
Final score:
3points
#200
First Day Home :d
Final score:
3points
#201
On The Left, The Day When We Found Dina Abandoned Where We Go Rockclimbing. One Year Later...
Final score:
3points
#202
After Spending 4 Years In A Cage, Poncho Smiles To His New Life.
Final score:
3points
#207
My First Time In 10 Years On Grass In My Retireme Home
Final score:
2points
#208
We Rescued Each Other.
Final score:
2points
Iris Sasaki 6 years ago
That is an exquisite photo! He is beautiful and so lucky to have you in his life.
#209
My Forever Home After Seven Other Homes And Shelters In Two Years. I'm Heidi.
Final score:
2points
#210
Our 1st Day
Final score:
2points
#211
My Pitty Mix On His First Week
Final score:
2points
#212
Daisy First Day Home, Adopted At 10 Years Old. She Had Been Used For Breeding All Her Life.
Final score:
2points
#213
Blu 1 Years Old
Final score:
2points
#215
Lived A Beautiful Life Of An Adopted Dog. Adopt Don't Buy
Final score:
1point
#217
Thrown Out Of A Moving Vehicle, We Brought Tommy Home. He Is Now In Paradise
Final score:
1point
#218
Thrown Out Of A Moving Vehicle, We Brought Tommy Home. He Is Now In Paradise
Final score:
1point
#220
So I Bring This Baby Home And... Apparently He Likes Sitting In Flower Pots
Final score:
1point
#222
She May Look Upset But She Is Happy In Her New Home.
Final score:
0points
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What do you think ?
Yvonne Bernal 8 years ago
Adopt, adopt, ADOPT... I cannot say it enough. I applaud those people who rescue animals.
Jimmy Rustled 8 years ago
you know, I am a real a*****e..I can hardly stand most people...but i almost have moisture coming out of my eyes looking at these pictures...thank you all from the bottom of my heart for giving these dogs homes i have 3, 18yo black lab, 9yo brindle pittbull and a 4yo Manchester terrier ..all girls and all my best buddies..they keep me sane
Yvonne Bernal 8 years ago
Adopt, adopt, ADOPT... I cannot say it enough. I applaud those people who rescue animals.
Jimmy Rustled 8 years ago
you know, I am a real a*****e..I can hardly stand most people...but i almost have moisture coming out of my eyes looking at these pictures...thank you all from the bottom of my heart for giving these dogs homes i have 3, 18yo black lab, 9yo brindle pittbull and a 4yo Manchester terrier ..all girls and all my best buddies..they keep me sane
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