Longtime Seminole County shelter dog named Sophie gets adopted

Seven-year-old Sophie seemed over the moon to get out for some exercise at Seminole County Animal Services. She joyfully rolled around in the grass.Animal Services posted a time-lapse video on its Facebook page showing a bit of Sophie’s past year in a kennel, hoping with each person passing her by, that somebody will pay attention to her. Maybe take her home."As soon as people walk in, they light up,” Bree Burkett with Seminole County Animal Services said. “They start barking, they get excited, they start jumping around thinking, ‘it's my chance to get out of the kennel!’ Then see those poor faces when people walk out, and it gets quiet again." The point of the post, of course, is to get Sophie adopted, out of the cage she's been living in for just about a year and into a Central Florida home."Just to showcase that this poor dog has been sitting in a kennel for almost a year, and people just walk by, and sometimes they don't even stop to say hi. They just walk right by her,” Burkett said. So the word is out. Sophie has her paw out to hitch a ride to a fur-ever home.“We're hoping this helps her get adopted, and if she gets adopted, that it brings people in to see other dogs that have been here for an extended period of time,” Burkett said. And as of mid-afternoon, that's the new goal. Someone saw the time-lapse and scurried over to Animal Control to get Sophie. The 48,000 people a year that visit the shelter may have missed out, but not Tony. A new bond and many other animals need the same.Top headlines:Florida police looking for missing 2-year-old after mom found deadFlorida residents can enjoy 3 days of Universal Orlando for the price of 1 with new ticket offerFlorida expert breaks down possible political impacts of Trump's indictment