Shelter Dog Spent 7 Years Locked in the Dark Had Given Up Hope Until Now

A senior Romanian dog who lived in a small wooden box for seven years in the dark had given up hope until a group of animal lovers rallied to help her.

“Seven years in Adjud public shelter, in the dark inside hall. Never seeing the sun, never feeling the grass,” Victoria Pombeiro with Pawprints to Freedom wrote on the animal charity’s Facebook group page.

The nameless dog had “given up” and wouldn’t leave her wooden dog house and had begun to refuse to eat. “Her life has become an existence,” Pombeiro described. “She doesn’t even have a name. Her eyes are empty, even when the kind volunteers stroke her. With nothing left but to die, alone without a home or a family.”

Pawprints to Freedom, an animal rescue based in the United Kingdom, knew they couldn’t leave the unwanted stray dog in the shelter to die. “We can’t let her rot there, alone with no home or family,” the group wrote in an effort to raise funds for the dog’s transportation from Romania to the UK.

Thankfully, it didn’t take long for supporters to come to their aid and raise the funds in record time.

“Thanks to our incredible supporters we raised the transport funds we needed to help this poor girl in record time (I think it was no more than 4 hrs after the post went live!!),” wrote Pombeiro. She added that a local primary school not only gave the dog the name ‘Skye,’ the children helped raise hundreds of dollars for Skye.

And, in even more fantastic news, they found Skye a forever family. “The wonderful Gillian Elisabeth Grummitt offered her a loving home, where Skye will arrive in the next couple of days to meet her new doggie siblings,” the group shared. Grummitt had previously adopted a dog from the rescue charity.

“Since we found her a home, our volunteer in the Adjud shelter has been trying to help Skye grow her confidence,” the rescue group shared. “She managed to get her outside and Skye wagged her tail for the first time in 7 years. Small things bring her happiness, such as grass, sunshine, and canned food.”

Skype was soon on board their transport and she arrived at Grummitt’s home without incident.

Grummitt updated everyone on the group’s page as to Skye’s progress noting that Skye is “very, very shy but is eating and drinking even had tail wags” and is free to come and go from her crate which “she has decided the crate is her safe place.”

Grummitt also shared that Skye went out in the garden to do her business and is making huge progress. Skye is now “dancing for dinner” and “doing so well.”

Pawprints to Freedom couldn’t be happier that Skye has found a forever home and can now feel grass under her feet, enjoy the sunshine and dance for her dinner.

To help other dogs like Skye find homes, visit Pawprints to Freedom’s website at: pawprints2freedom.co.uk/adopt