{"id":224904,"date":"2026-04-09T14:33:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/224904\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T14:33:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:33:17","slug":"miami-dade-animal-services-seeks-furever-home-for-brina-other-furry-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/224904\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami-Dade Animal Services seeks \u2018furever\u2019 home for Brina, other furry friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0April 9, 2026 at 10:10 AM<\/p>\n<p>Miami-Dade Animal Services seeks loving, permanent home for Brina, other furry friends Miami-Dade Animal Services is seeking a loving, permanent home for Brina, other furry friends.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla.  \u2014 Miami-Dade Animal Services is highlighting Brina, an affectionate 8-year-old dog described as calm, easygoing and eager for attention, as she looks for a permanent home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Brina, who weighs about 45 pounds, was found as a stray, so little is known about her background. Staff say she is \u201cthe snuggliest, cuddliest girl\u201d who enjoys being close to people and thrives on companionship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Despite her size, Brina often acts like a much smaller dog, happily climbing into laps and seeking constant affection. She is well-behaved, does well on car rides and is considered a good fit even for first-time pet owners. She also is not reactive to other dogs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Animal Services officials say Brina would make an ideal companion, especially for someone looking for a relaxed, affectionate pet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The shelter is also featuring Coco, a younger, more energetic American bulldog mix, as a pet of the week. Officials say Coco is playful and sweet but would benefit from slow introductions to other pets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Miami-Dade Animal Services says more than 500 dogs are currently waiting for homes and encourages the public to consider adoption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamidade.gov\/global\/animals\/home.page\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.miamidade.gov\/global\/animals\/home.page\">Click here<\/a> for more information on how you can adopt a pet. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Ryan Mackey\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/8725e99c-e445-48a0-bd.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Ryan Mackey <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Ryan Mackey is a Digital Journalist at WPLG. He was born on Long Island, New York, and has lived in Sunrise, Florida, since 1994.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0April 9, 2026 at 10:10 AM Miami-Dade Animal Services seeks loving, permanent home for Brina, other furry friends&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-224904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}