Rococo Gold

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Rocco was living in a small town animal shelter with very little space and money and a lot of dogs. This shelter has one of the highest euthanize rates in the state due to their lack of funding/space and pitbulls are often the first to go. I went to the shelter to find one who I could foster and adopt out. I only planned to take one, however upon my arrival a pitbull puppy which shared a kennel with Rocco tested positive for Parvo and both dogs were to be  euthanized within the hour to prevent it from spreading. I'm a big softy so I took both dogs home. 

The puppy quickly recovered and Rocco never showed any symptoms. I adopted the puppy out pretty easily. Rocco however, was another story.

 It was pretty clear early on that he was a neurotic mess. He was a year old dog who had spend 99% of his puppy years in a crate while his previous owner worked 12hour days. When he wasn't busy lunging at other dogs or spinning in circles he passed time by chasing reflections, shadows and leaves. Poor guy needed a lot of structure and exercise to keep it together.

This how Rocco the dog and went from being the captain of the Hot Mess Express to a balanced dog.