What would you do if you saw the same stray over and over again, each and every day? What one man is doing has gone viral.
Like when Pedro Dinis discovered a dog buried alive and rescued her, this story began when a man noticed a stray dog in his neighborhood.
She was malnourished and frightened. He noticed that there were signs that she had been beaten and that there was a broken chain around her neck.
Fearing that if he called rescuers or animal control, she would be returned to an abusive owner, he decided to rescue her himself. Each day he would come feed her, but she was too scared to ever let him get close.
After two months, she finally began to trust him. In the video below, you'll watch him reach out his hand with some treats. She eats out of his hand, finally allowing him to get close enough to take her to the vet.
Please note that the man refers to her as a "he" and a "Doberman" before realizing she is a female Rottweiler.
“I am trying to get this stray Rottweiler to trust me so I can take him/her to the vet. I realized today that he has infected eyes,” he wrote on YouTube. “Tonight I am going to put dewormer and antibiotics in his food. The dog was skin and bones two months ago. My friend and I have been feeding him."
After taking her to the vet, he was happy to learn she didn't have heart worms. The little lady did have fleas and was covered in coal soot which caused the eye infection, but she is now being treated for those things.
The Good Samaritan is planning on taking her to a vet to run a few more tests. He is going to press charges against the owner and continue to keep her in his care.
Watch the touching rescue below and SHARE if you think it's every community's responsibility to care for all of its creatures, big and small!
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