\u201cOnce I saw the picture of the two puppies together, we went right over,\u201d Showalter said.<\/p>\n
The fortuitous post made its way to Showalter\u2019s daughter\u2019s feed, resulting in the family\u2019s immediate recognition of Dakota, who had passed away from cancer the previous year. Almost immediately, Showalter and her daughter raced to Pasadena Humane to adopt Dakota\u2019s sister.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have no doubt that when we saw that picture, we knew that that was our Dakota and that this one was that Ginger in the picture,\u201d Showalter said. \u201cWe have no doubts; we could even compare the markings.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ginger, Dakota, their third sibling and their mother arrived at Pasadena Humane in 2013 and went their separate ways once adopted. Dakota spent 12 loving years with Showalter and her family. Meanwhile, Ginger went to another family before they made the difficult decision to surrender her due to her owner\u2019s ongoing medical complications that made them unable to continue caring for her.<\/p>\n
Despite Ginger and Dakota being born in the same litter, they were very different individuals. Dakota was strong-willed and spunky while Ginger has a calmer demeanor.<\/p>\n
![\"Vickie](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/vickie-and-dogs.jpg\")
Vickie Showalter and her two dogs, Honey and Ginger, enjoy each other’s company.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer sister loved playing ball and Ginger doesn\u2019t care at all about balls or toys or anything,\u201d Showalter said. \u201cAnd her sister was not as accepting of other people; you had to be cautious around her sister. They look alike, but their personalities are very different.\u201d<\/p>\n
Losing Dakota to her illness was a heartbreaking loss for the Showalters, but Ginger\u2019s addition to the family has helped them navigate their grief.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think my love for Dakota just kind of transferred over and I loved her from the moment I saw her picture,\u201d Showalter said of Ginger. \u201cI\u2019ve always loved border collies and I think she did help. At times, I almost feel like Dakota is coming through her because of the way she\u2019ll look. She just looks up and they have that same look.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miraculously coming across her sister and being able to adopt her has been a serendipitous experience for the Showalters.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am just thankful that it popped up on my daughter\u2019s computer,\u201d Showalter said. \u201cShe\u2019s not sure how come the picture popped up, but somebody wanted her to find us. That\u2019s how I feel, and I feel that she was led to us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A senior dog that was surrendered to Pasadena Humane got a second chance at love from the family…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[26560,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-448643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-clear-the-shelters","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448643","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=448643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}