UK pet shelter puts out special appeal to find a home for this intersex dog

Jodie keeps being overlooked because of her ‘physicality’.

Jodie intersex dog

Source: RSPCA

The RSPCA in Southend, Essex has put out a special appeal to find a home for Jodie, a senior Staffy who keeps being overlooked for adoption.

12-year-old Jodie was born with both female and male organs, which staff at the shelter say, “may be off-putting to many, but to her it is not an issue and causes no difficulties”.
Pet shelter can’t find a home for this intersex dog.
Jodie know how to sit and loves a snooze. Source: RSPCA/Twitter
According to her , Jodie knows how to sit, can be left alone for short periods and loves to snooze. In a tweet, the RSPCA says Jodie is a “gorgeous dog who wants somewhere to retire”.

Jodie has been living at the shelter now for months without a single inquiry, says the RSPCA.

"As a senior Staffy with an unusual physicality we feel she is being overlooked constantly. So we're putting her as our Special Appeal in the hopes of finding an adopter."

Fingers crossed the special appeal can finally find Jodie a loving home.


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Published 25 January 2017 12:00pm
Updated 25 January 2017 12:05pm
By Michaela Morgan


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