Alena finds a home after her Axios debut

• "Considering you guys were the only ones to share her last week, we're pretty sure they're an Axios reader," he said.

Flashback: Alena loved couch time and fetch in foster care, but kennel life brought out a different side of her, Hale said.

• She was so cranky that she chased away potential adopters, and staff worried she wouldn't find a home.

But after we ran her precious pictures, and with reassurances from staff that Alena was a great dog outside the kennel, she was adopted.

• Alena's been in her new home since August.

"I bawled my eyes out," adoptions director Kendall Schulz told Axios. "It really was the perfect home for her. There's nothing I would change about the adopters. They had experience with timid dogs; they were incredibly patient."

• The couple told Schulz about their approach: "We give her all the time and space in the world, and when she wants to spend time with us, we welcome her with open arms."

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