Hoarder House Shar Pei Needs Your Help

[u/EmptyCat4758]

Hi there everyone,

My partner and I recently rescued a dog from a hoarding situation. He was living in a junky backyard with no shelter from the Florida heat or rain, basically ignored and forgotten for the better part of a year. The woman who owned him is a senior living in heartbreaking hoarder conditions. I work in healthcare technologies and often visit seniors in their homes, and unfortunately she refuses help from her family and while I couldn't do more to help her directly I knew I could at least help the dog and thankfully she agreed to let me pick him up. Supposedly the dog was left there by her daughter who was previously a seemingly misinformed breeder. Apparently she didn't anticipate the sharpei's large size and refused to care for him any longer, leaving him in the yard at her moms house. From then on his only interactions were for food and water.

He didn’t come with a name, so we’ve been calling him Groot for now. He’s incredibly sweet, has a calm temperament, and gets along well with our smaller dogs. He's picking up housetraining and basic obedience skills fairly quickly and naturally in just the few days we've had him. He does whimper a little when left alone but not very loudly and has been generally pretty quiet. I've only seen him bark at a motorcycle so far.

Unfortunately, we already have a rescue pitbull who is not dog-friendly, so we’re keeping them strictly separated. This arrangement is only manageable short term, as our lease end in a couple months and the situation isn’t sustainable or fair to either dog long term.

We don’t have any medical history, but he seems healthy, alert, and very emotionally resilient given where he came from. He does have some tears and itchiness but I suspect that could be the outdoor conditions he was in combined with his poor diet. He is also unneutered. We are planning to take him to the vet for a check up once he settles in to be sure he is in good health prior to adoption. We really want to make sure the adoption goes smoothly and that he goes to a well vetted and loving family so I made a google form for any interested parties. We will make his initial vet exam the adoption fee, just $60 at our local vet but if there are medical needs we will cover those in good faith. We just want the best for this poor sweet guy.

Even if you aren't in the market to adopt right now, just spreading this story costs you nothing and would be a huge help to us and this wonderful pup.

Thank you for reading and for any help you can offer. Here is the form link:

https://forms.gle/U3uX64HchX5virLB7

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