Freon, a boxer-boxer mix aged two years, was not sure how to react when Donna Lochmann, the rescuer, appeared at the top the stairway. He hadn’t seen anyone for more than two weeks.
Lochmann discovered Freon after a local landlord called Stray Rescue of St. Louis to report a dog left in his home.
The landlord disclosed to the personnel at the animal shelter that Freon’s family had relocated to a house without a pet policy and that they had kept Freon locked in a stairway for more than a week before alerting authorities. Lochmann immediately got in her car, and drove to the house after hearing this.
Freon was said to have lived in the foyer. Lochmann arrived on the scene through a closed door.
Chief life-saving officer at the shelter Lochmann said, “When I cracked the door [open], I saw him huddling on one of the landings.”
Here’s Lochmann finding Freon
Freon was able to survive for more than two weeks without food because someone left behind food bowls. Freon also kept water handy to cool himself during the hot summer days.
To Lochmann’s astonishment, the frightened dog did not object when she tried to place a leash on him as she descended the steps to Freon’s landing.
“He was a little hesitant to come with me,” Lochmann said. “But after just a little bit of coaxing with Vienna sausages, he walked up the steps and right out the front door.”
Then, they fled.
Freon, who did not yet have a name, did something that drew Lochmann’s eye as soon as they got into the automobile.
“He kind of stood up front with us and pushed his face against the air conditioner vents,” Lochmann said. “That’s why he got the name Freon because he liked the cold air on his face.”
Freon won everyone’s hearts the moment he arrived at the shelter.
The dog “kissed everyone in [the] clinic, even when he got his shots!” according to a Facebook post. The post states that no other dog behaved in such a way.
After being left alone for such a long time, Freon spent a little time at the shelter’s clinic where he received the treatment he needed.
Freon was able to be adopted as soon as his health improved. However, he was not allowed to adopt until he is in good enough health.
“He’s got his forever family now,” according to Lochmann. “He has a dog sibling, too! ”
Freon is thriving at his forever home and Stray Rescue of St. Louis staff is thrilled that he has put his trauma behind him.
“We love you, buddy,” the shelter wrote in a post announcing Freon’s adoption. “[There’s] no looking back.”
SOURCE : THE DODO
