Groups See Success with Placing Dogs: ; Volunteers Have Formed Networks to Help Adoptive Families Find the Breed That Will Be Perfect Match

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Rosemary and John Yun were looking to adopt.

For months, the couple waited. They filled out applications asking about their neighborhood, their jobs and their daily routines; prepped their home before an agency checked in on them; asked friends to provide references; and visited with foster families where they were told they were not the only couple in contention.

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Groups See Success with Placing Dogs: ; Volunteers Have Formed Networks to Help Adoptive Families Find the Breed That Will Be Perfect Match

Finally, one day last fall, the phone call came:

Benji, a mix terrier, could join the Yun family.

The Yuns, who are now adopting a child from Korea, would joke that looking for Benji "was just as hard as finding a human baby," said Rosemary, 38, a biotech company m...

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