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POTOMAC – After receiving a call that a doberman-pitbull cross named Angel was pregnant and would be shot unless someone took her, Paws Up Safe Home welcomed another cast-off. Within a week, she had six puppies. Even though the puppies all died, Angel was given a second chance at a new home.

"She is the best dog," said Sherri Housley, Paws Up board member. "I've had her since she was 10 months old."

After more than 20 years of caring for lost, abandoned and abused pets in the area as well as finding more than 920 dogs a permanent home, Paws Up Safe Home Animal Shelter is closing its kenn...