Blue Bear’s father has been his only home for the past 11 years, but that all changed last week.
Blue Bear’s father couldn’t find a place to stay, so the large mastiff ended up at Trenton Peters Rock. Blue Bear was confused as to why he was in the shelter and why his father wouldn’t stop crying. He barked and barked, terrifying the staff at the shelter until his father urged him to sit down and Danielle Glitto approached him.
“I walked up to him and he immediately put his head on my waist and let me touch him,” the narrator adds, adding: “It was simply devastating.”
The blue bear was not violent, as Galito realized; He was simply confused and unhappy. The blue bear’s owner was assured that the dog would not have to spend the night at the shelter, so Giletto set out to find him in a foster home. Blue Bear began to mourn because he was separated from his family.
“We tried putting the blue bear in a cage just to get our directions and make some calls, and he was really upset,” Glietto added. “So we brought him into the office and he sat on my lap.”
She added: “He would walk to the door and sit in front of it and cry every time.” “When he turned around, tears were streaming down his cheeks. I’m not exaggerating when I say I was crying.”
Glitto tells Blue Bear that she will not leave the shelter until he finds a temporary home that night. The blue bear weighed 130 pounds and had terrible arthritis in his back legs, so I knew it wouldn’t be easy to put him down.
Glito released a Facebook Live video of the Blue Bear initiation and calls and comments started pouring in from all over the country.
Fortunately, Madison, a local babysitter, saw the horrific video and volunteered to take Blue Bear so he could relax. Blue Bear eventually began to relax at Madison’s house.
“We put a pillow on the floor, he put his head on it, and Madison and I sat down with him, cuddled him and spent time with him,” Glitto recalls. “He’s a wonderful dear.” He reminds me of a gentle giant.
Glitto still keeps in touch with Blue Bear’s father, but is working to give Blue Bear a suitable place to spend his golden years while his situation remains unstable.
“We will put him in the nursery for a bit to give him a chance to relieve stress,” the mother says. “We will start looking for a home with someone familiar with large-breed dogs after the vet has examined him and we know his requirements, and we will give him vitamins and perhaps acupuncture.”
Trenton Animals Rock is just one example of how they strive to support the creatures in their area.
“A lot of people in this city don’t realize that this shelter is no-kill, so they are afraid to contact us,” she adds. “We have sought to make this shelter a more convenient place for the community, proving that we can be a resource. They should not be afraid to ask for help before it is too late.”
While the fate of the blue bear remains unknown, one thing is certain: no more tears will be shed.