Animal shelter puts 3-year-old dog on Tinder, scores 22 matches so far

Henry already has 22 matches and counting.

ByABC News
January 12, 2018, 4:34 PM
Meet Henry, a 3-year-old coonhound mix, living at Animal Ark Rescue in Columbus, Georgia.
Meet Henry, a 3-year-old coonhound mix, living at Animal Ark Rescue in Columbus, Georgia.
Animal Ark Rescue

— -- One animal shelter will stop at nothing -- seemingly -- to find a perfect match for their pup.

Miranda Morrison, the canine behavior and enrichment coordinator for Animal Ark Rescue in Columbus, Georgia, created a Tinder profile for 3-year-old Henry, a coonhound mix.

Morrison, who's worked at the animal shelter for more than three years, told ABC News that she put Henry on Tinder after brainstorming about who the "ideal match would be for a really active, outdoorsy" dog.

PHOTO: Henry, a 3-year-old coonhound mix, with Animal Ark Rescue's canine behavior and enrichment coordinator Miranda Morrison.
Henry, a 3-year-old coonhound mix, with Animal Ark Rescue's canine behavior and enrichment coordinator Miranda Morrison.

"He's nervous around small children, so [we figured, he'd be great for] someone who doesn't have small kids and isn't planning on it in the future -- perhaps college-aged people," Morrison added.

Morrison said since Henry has been at the shelter since February 2015, she figured she'd go the extra mile.

PHOTO: Miranda Morrison created a Tinder profile for Henry, a 3-year-old coonhound mix.
Miranda Morrison created a Tinder profile for Henry, a 3-year-old coonhound mix.

"He’s been adopted and returned," she admitted. "He was adopted once by a 20-something year old, but she found out she was pregnant a week later and had to return him back."

And Morrison said she's fostered Henry for a month previously but cannot adopt him herself, sadly.

"My husband won't let me, I've tried," she said. "We have four dogs. He's 'No! No more dogs!'"

PHOTO: Henry is a 3-year-old coonhound mix, living at Animal Ark Rescue in Columbus, Georgia.
Henry is a 3-year-old coonhound mix, living at Animal Ark Rescue in Columbus, Georgia.

Since putting him on Tinder on Dec. 29, Henry has gotten 22 matches -- so far. Morrison usually sends Tinder matches a message to invite them to Animal Ark Rescue for a doggie date with Henry.

So far, no one has taken her up on the offer.

"We're just waiting for somebody to actually come to the shelter and meet him," she said.

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