8 Heartwarming Portrait Photographs of Shelter Dogs

Luigi, a puggle, which is a very highly desired "designer breed" was put up for adoption almost immediately because his family was moving.

Molly is a super-affectionate senior golden retriever who was separated from her owner of ten years after the woman was forced to move into elderly housing that did not allow pets.

Bandit, a Maltese mix, was seized from an elderly owner who was deemed unfit to provide proper care for animals.

Hope was born with deformed front and back legs. She was adopted right before she was euthanized.

Foxtrot is a purebred Chinese crested. Her owner was a victim of domestic violence and was forced to enter into a victim relocation program.

Salt was surrendered along with his brother, Justice. She lost her home after he owner's landlord changed his mind about allowing dogs.

Layla was surrendered to the shelter after her family fell on very difficult financial times.

Morrissey originally found as a stray, he developed a case of mange that caused him to lose a third of his fur.