At the Cobb County Animal Services shelter in Georgia, USA, Rocky sits hunched in his bed, the light completely gone from his eyes.
Rescued in mid-August after wandering the streets alone, the dog actually had up-to-date microchip details. Tragically, his owners decided they were never coming back to collect him.
He spends his days curled up in his bed
This brutal rejection has thrown the poor dog into deep emotional distress. In just a fortnight, Rocky lost over six pounds. Refusing to eat, he shut himself off from all human contact gradually, huddling miserably at the back of his kennel.
"He spends his days curled up in his bed. The stress of the environment and the feeling of abandonment were simply too much for him to bear," said a staff member in a video shared on TikTok by the rescue account @sharing.lov3.
A quiet space to heal
Faced with this worrying physical decline, a staff member decided to get Rocky away from the noise of the main shelter. By taking him to a quiet meeting room and taking the time to hand-feed him, they made a vital breakthrough: Rocky finally accepted some food.
While this kind gesture has stopped his weight loss temporarily, kennel life remains a daily struggle for Rocky.
The team at Cobb County Animal Services has now launched an urgent appeal on social media to find him a foster home or a permanent family.
Volunteers stress that Rocky needs a peaceful home and patient owners who are willing to give him the time he needs to recover from this trauma and find his joy again.
Translated from the FR Wamiz website using artificial intelligence
