{"id":782568,"date":"2026-05-08T19:05:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T19:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/782568\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T19:05:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T19:05:23","slug":"viral-bonded-dogs-found-on-chicago-streets-get-new-home-together-nbc-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/782568\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral bonded dogs found on Chicago streets get new home together \u2013 NBC Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A bonded chihuahua mix and German shepherd whose<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/unlikely-bond-between-2-inseparable-dogs-found-near-chicago-rail-line-goes-viral-at-shelter\/3932937\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> unexpected relationship went viral <\/a>at a Chicago shelter appear to be heading to their forever home &#8212; together, of course.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not long ago, they were found near a Chicago rail line with only each other to lean on. Now, their pack has grown from 2 to 6,&#8221; the Anti-Cruelty Society wrote in a social media update Friday. <\/p>\n<p>Bird, the chihuahua short coat and pug mix, and Dee, the German shepherd, went viral this week after they were found together near a Chicago rail line and seemed to have formed an incredible connection. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What they went through built a bond that didn\u2019t break when help finally arrived. Now they\u2019re looking for a home that will keep that bond intact, because they\u2019ve already chosen each other,&#8221; the Anti-Cruelty Society wrote at the time. <\/p>\n<p>Images show Bird curled on top of or next to Dee &#8220;like she&#8217;s claimed him as her safe place.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The group had been looking for a home that would take the unlikely pair together. <\/p>\n<p>And on Thursday, they were both adopted by a &#8220;loving family&#8221; of four. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Saying goodbye to Bird and Dee last night was emotional for our team, but seeing this bonded pair leave together, headed home with a loving family, was EVERYTHING we hoped for,&#8221; the Anti-Cruelty Society wrote. &#8220;From a rail yard to a home. Together the entire way.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A bonded chihuahua mix and German shepherd whose unexpected relationship went viral at a Chicago shelter appear to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":782569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,39489,5386,1818],"class_list":{"0":"post-782568","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-clear-the-shelters","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-illinois"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116540521657403620","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/782569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}