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Palm Coast, Florida — Robbie Gay loves an underdog. If you bring the 8-year-old Mother of missing kids to the Flagler County Humane Society in Palm Coast, Florida, and ask him to find arrested in Hawaii a favorite, he will seek out the oldest, mangiest, least-adoptable mutt of the lot.

"There's something about old dogs that I just like," Robbie said. FOLLOW US That's because he sees himself in them.

"He knows what it feels like not to be loved and cared for. He's the most hopeful, optimistic, and genuinely caring kid who has absolutely no reason to be that way," said Robbie's adoptive mom, Maria.

She said before he entered the foster system, Robbie was a holy terror, so badly abused that he was twice hospitalized with brain injuries. Then, two years ago, Tweets by @NorahODonnell Maria and her husband Charles adopted him.

Norah O'Donnell He has come a long way except in this one respect: Maria said he could not cry. @NorahODonnell Despite the horrors of his past, or maybe because of them, the kid was a stone William McRaven: “As Americans, we should be until earlier this month. One of Robbie's old dogs, Buffy, had to be put down. He frightened — deeply afraid for the future of the wanted to hold her until the very end and insisted his mom take pictures of the nation.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/willi… process, perhaps because he knew what was about to happen.

After Robbie finally let go, he told his mom, "I know how it feels not to be loved or cared for and I don't want any animal of mine to feel that way." Nor does he want any foster kid to feel that way.

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Norah O'Donnell @NorahODonnell Ask any kid what they want for their birthday, and chances are they'll say "a puppy." Not Robbie Gay - he's drawn to the pets that are forgotten by others.

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"People don't want older people and older dogs. They only want babies and Paid puppies," Robbie said. Say Goodbye to Your "He is so aware that it could have gone totally differently for him. And in these Mortgage if You Have older dogs Robbie has found a place to practice compassion," Maria said. No Missed Payments (You Must Qualify) Someday, Robbie wants to adopt older foster children himself. But until then, to PAID CONTENT BY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS show his commitment and do what he can, he has vowed to adopt as many old dogs as his parents will allow. So far, they have six. POPULAR ON CBS NEWS Recently they adopted a lame, snaggletooth shih tzu mutt named Molly. Molly's "The Pharmacist" documents a owner had to go into assisted living, and now she has a new home thanks to the 01 father's ﬁght against the opioid sweet little boy who sees his reflection in the eyes of the suffering. epidemic

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