{"id":423165,"date":"2026-08-04T01:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T01:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/423165\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T01:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T01:12:13","slug":"longest-waiting-dogs-in-chula-vista-hope-to-find-forever-homes-during-clear-the-shelters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/423165\/","title":{"rendered":"Longest-waiting dogs in Chula Vista hope to find forever homes during Clear the Shelters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As NBC 7 and Telemundo 20 kick off the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsandiego.com\/clear-the-shelters\/clear-the-shelters-nbc-7-annual-pet-adoption-campaign-2026\/4050990\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Clear the Shelters<\/a> campaign, several dogs at the Chula Vista Animal Care Facility hope this is their chance to find a home.<\/p>\n<p>The nationwide adoption campaign aims to help pets across San Diego County find permanent homes. At the Chula Vista Animal Care Facility, staff members say some of their longest-resident dogs have simply not found the right person yet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s completely heartbreaking for anyone who has to see these guys day in and day out, learn their personalities and see what they&#8217;re all about,&#8221; said Director of Animal Services Ashley Milo.<\/p>\n<p>Among those dogs is Lennox, a Malinois-shepherd mix who will mark two years in a shelter by the end of August if he is not adopted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He\u2019s been in shelters longer than he hasn&#8217;t,&#8221; Milo said.<\/p>\n<p>Milo said there is nothing wrong with Lennox or with other fellow long-term residents. She said they all are simply waiting for the right family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They absolutely deserve a loving home. They all have great personalities,&#8221; Milo said.<\/p>\n<p>Milo said seeing dogs wait so long is difficult, but watching them finally leave with a family makes it worthwhile.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We go from tears of pain, watching them sit here to tears of joy. And that&#8217;s why we do what we do every day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This story was originally reported for broadcast by NBC San Diego. AI tools helped convert the story to a digital article, and an NBC San Diego journalist edited the article for publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As NBC 7 and Telemundo 20 kick off the Clear the Shelters campaign, several dogs at the Chula&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[9974,26560,74,76,75],"class_list":["post-423165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-chula-vista","tag-clear-the-shelters","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}