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Inseparable Dog Besties Who Were Rescued Together Are The True Meaning Of Friendship
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When Annie Hart got out of her car in East Los Angeles earlier this month, she was expecting to find two white-furred, abandoned dogs who had been wandering around the streets together for weeks. What she didn’t expect, however, was to find a canine couple whose friendship would astound and inspire her.

Enter Monica and Chandler, the inseparable doggie duo whose devotion for each other spurred Hart to name them after one of television's favorite couples.

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In the video above, watch as Hart, founder of the Los Angeles-based animal rescue organization Rescue from the Hart, approaches Monica and Chandler on the street and works to gain their trust. Monica was initially more skittish and fearful than Chandler, Hart said, and kept warning her companion to stay away from the humans.

Finally though, Hart was able to lure Monica into a trap, and her best friend was eager to follow.

“Chandler is very dependent on Monica and takes his cues from her,” Hart told The Huffington Post in an email Tuesday. “As soon as he saw that she was in the trap, he came over to make sure she was okay and that we weren’t going to hurt her. And seeing that this was the case, he quickly offered himself up to be rescued as well. He really did want to make sure he got to go wherever she was going.”

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Today, Monica and Chandler — who both suffered from giardia and severe flea and tick infestations when they were first rescued — are reportedly in the pink and currently living with a foster family.

“Both pups are doing amazingly well now, considering how nervous they were on the streets,” Hart said. “It never ceases to amaze me how resilient dogs are and their capacity to let go of the past and embrace a second chance.”

As for the bond between Monica and Chandler? It seems as strong as ever, Hart said, and continues to amaze everyone who comes into contact with them. Animal rescue workers are now working hard to get them both to a happy forever home — together, of course.

"Monica adores having Chandler constantly by her side and looking out for her. And Chandler takes this job quite seriously, even doing his best to entertain Monica and make sure she’s having fun," Hart told HuffPost. "Neither one likes being separated from the other for more than a few minutes, and seeing how healthy of a love they have for each other, we agree they need to be adopted together."

To find out how you can help or adopt Monica and Chandler or other pups like them, visit the websites of Rescue from the Hart and Hands, Paws & Hearts, a dog rescue organization that is helping to provide foster care for the canine couple and is helping them find a forever home.
 
These Dogs That Comforted Each Other In Shelter Have Now Found A Caring Forever Home Together

The two dogs in the photo below were dropped off at a central Florida animal shelter within a day of each other. They became instant best friends.

"They are still connected at the hip. They walk side by side," says their new mom, Ronda Chewning. "They even eat side by side."

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Chewning says she'd never been involved with the animal rescue community before seeing the photo of the boys -- the tan one was called Darby at the time; the black-and-white dog hadn't been named yet -- on the Second Chance Rescue Facebook page.

It was the end of August, and the 3-year-old dogs' situation was described as "urgent." They were scheduled to be euthanized in early September if no one were to take them home.

"I had no plan to get any dogs, let alone two," Chewning says. "We live on a tight budget, and two dogs weren't in the budget."

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But Chewning, who lives in Orlando, felt what she describes as a kind of divine sense that she ought to get involved. That, and when she posted to Facebook that she was going to check on Darby and his nameless friend, she got a lot of messages of encouragement -- and promises to help, financially.

"Everyone said get them, they would donate," she says. And they have. She's raised more than $2,100 so far toward the dogs' medical bills, which are extensive, since there's been tests and antibiotics and one dog has already tested positive for heartworm.

On Sept. 4, the dogs -- now named Ares and Zeus after the Greek god of war and the father of gods, respectively -- came to live with Chewning and her daughter Jamie (initially the arrangement was supposed to be temporary, though Chewning says she's "really torn now" about the prospect of ever giving them up to another home).

They've joined two preexisting pups of the household: a miniature pinscher named Chanel and a Maltipoo named Princess.

"The big dogs were OK with our little dogs, and the little dogs welcomed them home," Chewning says.

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Overlooking one little incident with a chewed-up sandal and a bit of initial shyness, it's been a smooth transition.

Within a day, her new dogs had begun to come out of their shell. And now, Chewning says, "they stand on their hind legs and almost hug you and give kisses. They even come to you and like to be held."

She is grateful for whatever human or otherworldly forces brought these dogs together, and then to her; she is grateful to the many people who are helping her to pay for Ares and Zeus' vet bills. She also hopes her growing collection of canines, and their growing number of online and in-person fans, will inspire others to adopt a new furry friend of their own.

"The boys' kill date was last Friday," Chewning says. "They are beautiful, gentle and loving dogs. What a waste if they had been put down."

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