3-legged dog Justine returns to North Baldwin Animal Shelter, still searching for her forever home

Bulldog mix had injured leg amputated in September

By Jessica Vaughn
Posted 12/15/21

BAY MINETTE - Three-legged, bulldog mix Justine has returned to the North Baldwin Animal Shelter just days after being adopted. Justine was adopted on Tuesday, but returned when she and the small …

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3-legged dog Justine returns to North Baldwin Animal Shelter, still searching for her forever home

Bulldog mix had injured leg amputated in September

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BAY MINETTE - Three-legged, bulldog mix Justine has returned to the North Baldwin Animal Shelter just days after being adopted. Justine was adopted on Tuesday, but returned when she and the small resident dog already living in the home did not get along.
“She seems to do well with most dogs her size as she has several play friends at the shelter,” according to a Facebook post from the North Baldwin Animal Shelter after Justine returned.
Shelter staff made it a goal to find Justine her forever home before Christmas. They were thrilled when she was adopted earlier this week, but they are not giving up hope to make their Christmas wish come true.
“This is our Christmas goal, to get her in a good home,” said Beverly Poiroux, assistant director of the shelter. “I talked to my coworkers and said that I had a special project, that we have to get Justine in a home.”
Justine’s journey has been a long one. Just a few short months ago, she was abandoned along County Road 112 in Bay Minette, which Poiroux referred to as “a dumping ground.”
“People are bad about dumping animals out there, so someone just left her there,” she said. “She was found by a gentleman who brought her to us. She came to us with an injured leg.”
Justine first arrived at the shelter on Sept. 25 and was taken to Delta Animal Hospital, the vet used by the shelter. There, she received her vaccines, but the vet delivered the news that her leg would have to be amputated. From there she made the trip to an orthopedic surgeon to have her leg removed. She returned to North Baldwin Animal Shelter for recovery. The entire operation to treat Justine was approximately $3,000.
“We babied her and took care of her,” said Poiroux. “We knew we had to find her a home. She’s a bulldog mix and they’re so hard to place, and with a missing limb the odds were stacked against her, so we were determined to find her a good home. Two employees, Candice and Jennifer, took Christmas pictures of her and set up backdrops, they took the extra time and steps to find her a home and went the extra mile to make sure she got where she needed to be.”
The shelter staff will continue to look for the perfect forever home for Justine, and all of their adoptable pets. To date, the North Baldwin Animal Shelter has found homes for over 33,000 animals. The no-kill shelter is a private nonprofit organization.
The North Baldwin Animal Shelter is located at 1700 McMeans Ave. in Bay Minette. To learn more or to ask about the adoption process, call 251-937-8811. Follow them on Facebook @northbaldwinanimalshelter to see adoptable pets.