Rose is a little dog who needed someone to believe in her after spending 4 years locked up in a kennel. Luckily, in 2013, the woman who would do anything for her appeared in her life. It was Glorianne Lagnese, who adopted the dog who at that time belonged to some friends of hers.
That’s when Lagnese offered to babysit the dog, and seeing that the dog had no problems with the other dogs at home, her friends finally offered her the opportunity to take her home, not as a babysitter, but as her new mother.
“She had no self-confidence, sometimes she would hear a noise in the house and run away to hide.”
But something completely unexpected was about to happen. In 2014 someone broke into the woman’s home and in the process let all the dogs in the house escape, including Rose.
No one was seriously injured, but neighbors called the police and animal control, who informed the woman that the dog had to spend 10 days at the shelter as a safety precaution.
After 10 days, instead of handing the dog over, the kennel staff informed Lagnese that they would have to put her to sleep because her aggressive behavior had become frequent.
The case became complicated and ended up in federal court. Lagnese continued to defend her position on the dog, because for her the dog was always sweet and the punishment for having bitten some people could not be so serious. So she decided to fight for her dog.
The saddest thing was that the dog didn’t understand why she was there and why her owner always had to leave her. Time passed and after 4 and a half years, Rose was finally set free.
Rose is currently 7 years old and is adapting exceptionally well to her life outside the kennel. From day one she has been very affectionate with her trainer and all the people at the shelter, and at Zoorprendente we couldn’t be happier about that.