Stray Dog Living In Trash Can Is Afraid Of Leaving The One Place He Feels Safe
A stray dog in Kentucky turned a trash can into his safe place, and rescuers quickly realized just how scared he was to leave it. What started as a routine animal control call turned into a surprisingly emotional rescue, with a timid puppy refusing to trust anything outside the metal bin.
Officers from Lexington-Fayette Animal Control found the dog hiding inside a tipped-over trash can, where he had apparently been living because it felt warm and secure. They named him Oscar, and even after he was rescued, he kept showing the same strange attachment to trash while his caregivers tried to help him settle into a better life.
Now Oscar is waiting for the one thing he never had on the streets, a real home.
Oscar was found in a trash can
Even after he was safe with us and being office-fostered, Oscar still guarded and climbed into trash cans around the office!" rescuers wrote. "His name came solely from his love of trash because this guy is definitely not a grouch."
Oscar's rescuers planned to surprise him with a meet-and-greet with local sanitation workers because he enjoyed trash so much.
Oscar had such a great time!" animal control staff wrote.
In the shelter he showed a fascination with trash, so the staff organized a meet-and-greet with the local sanitation workers
Oscar now waits to be adopted
Of course, the most important thing for Oscar is to be adopted into a loving family. And he's receiving assistance with that as well.
Since then, he's been relocated to the Lexington Humane Society, where volunteers can only conjecture about his past.
What we can promise him is that he will never have to resort to living in a trash can again," the Humane Society wrote. "Whether he was seeking shelter from severe weather or abuse, or if someone really did discard him like he was trash, that part of his story is behind him."
This is similar to the stray hiding in a cemetery, missing fur, with tender paws.
Watch him on video:
Oscar's future has never looked better than it does right now. All he needs now is a family who will adore him for the rest of his life.
Oscar is an affectionate boy who now LOVES attention and is eager to make new friends," the Lexington Humane Society wrote. "We know someone will soon adopt him and treat him like a true treasure."
We hope he will find the home he deserves soon.
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