Manchester Dogs Home ‘longest stayer’ finds family after more than a year in kennels

We love a happy ending here at the Manchester Evening News, particularly if we’ve had a small part to play. And instead of bringing you our usual ‘dog of the week’ in need of a home, we’ve got a lovely story that sees one of Manchester Dogs Home’s longest residents finally find a home.

Back in June, we featured Husky cross Diesel, who at the time had spent 289 days in rescue. By the end of August, he’d spent more than a year of his short life at the local kennels in Harpurhey.

Staff at the home had been puzzled by the lack of interest in him, as he was a loveable young dog popular with everyone who met him.

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But two-year-old Diesel has finally got his happy ending, and has moved down south with his new family - the Watsons.

When the Dogs’ Home posted a video of Diesel on its Facebook page in August, it grabbed the attention of Londoner Mike Watson, who then made a four-hour drive to Manchester to meet Diesel.

He brought along a friend’s dog to see how they reacted to each other, and after a successful introduction the whole Watson family – Mike, Christine and their children, Connor, 19 and Eva, 17 - went along to meet the pooch, too.

The family fell in love with the crossbreed, and adopted him straight away, with staff lining the corridor to wave goodbye to the pup.

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