A local shelter is asking for your help to make the very best of a handsome hound's last days.
Smoke is a 10-year-old hound mix living at the Animal Welfare League of Arlington.
The shelter announced on its Facebook page on Thursday that it recently found out Smoke has terminal cancer.
"We don’t know how long Smoke has left with us - it could be six months, or it could be just a few weeks," reads the post. "What we do know is that Smoke deserves to live the rest of the time he has left in a home, with a family that loves him. We are hoping that someone will come and adopt this big, goofy boy and give him as much love as they can during his last weeks and months."
But Smoke isn't going to sit around waiting for a home. Thanks to his shelter caretakers, he is going to be busy living the good life while he can.
They've created a bucket list for him that includes eating ice cream, taking a trip to the beach, getting a "full body doggie massage," meeting Santa, riding in a convertible — and the list goes on.
Check out the full list:
- Find a forever family
- Go on a hike
- Eat ice cream
- Go to the beach
- Have a birthday party
- Ride in a fire truck
- Eat a cheeseburger
- Have breakfast in bed
- Meet a celebrity
- Ride in a police car and bay with the sirens
- Get a fully body doggie massage
- Go camping
- Meet Santa
- Be on TV
- Jump in a big pile of leaves
- Get a professional photoshoot
- Go on a road trip
- Get his own Instagram account
- Ride in a convertible
- Get a huge box of toys to play with and share with his shelter friends!
The shelter is asking anyone who can help fulfill some of the activities on Smoke's bucket list to email mail@awla.org or call 703-931-9241.
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The bucket list is also a way to get the word out in the hopes of finding him a home.
"We hope to start crossing items off his bucket list now, and that whoever adopts him will keep it going," the shelter said on Facebook.
People interested in adopting or fostering Smoke can visit the shelter on 2650 S. Arlington Mill Dr. anytime during business hours.
On Aug. 18, NBC and Telemundo stations around the country will team up with hundreds of shelters for the Clear the Shelters animal adoption drive. Shelters will waive or discount fees as part of the one-day event. Click here for more information.
