Snoopy was only 8 months old when he suddenly had to learn to survive on his own. After his family abandoned him, the young puppy sheltered underneath a pile of trash in the back of an apartment complex and waited for them to come back. He wanted to be saved, but as soon as someone spotted him, he instantly put his guard up.
“He was back there for days, but he wouldn’t let anyone touch him,” Suzette Hall, founder of Logan’s Legacy dog rescue, told The Dodo. “He was growling at everybody.”
Multiple neighbors tried to rescue the dog — some hoping to lure him out with treats, while others attempted to pull him out themselves — but none of their efforts worked. The dog wanted a new life, but he was too afraid to trust anyone.
“One man would leave food and water for him, but he wouldn’t let anyone near him,” Hall said. “The poor baby was so scared.”
Eventually, a Good Samaritan reached out to Hall, who agreed to help right away. The rescuer was loading her gear into the car when her phone lit up with an unexpected update