Dog So Scared At Shelter She Can’t Stop Shaking

<p> Pit Sisters </p>
<p> Pit Sisters </p>

It was almost as if Angel could smell the despair.

Within moments of being dumped at a Florida animal shelter, she began shivering uncontrollably. Cowering and shaking, she was paralyzed by terror, unable even to lift her head.

In the video, the cries and barking in the background are deafening. This is what a dog looks like who just had everything in the world taken away from her. Only a year-and-a-half old, the latest resident at Putnam County Animal Control.

The video, posted on Facebook, was viewed more than a million times.

Among those viewers? Jen Deane, who runs animal welfare group Pit Sisters, sees Angels every day.

"I saw the video and immediately called about getting her rescued," Deane told The Dodo.

But had the world already sunk Angel? Was she beyond saving? When it comes to screening dogs, the group often relies on a canine aggression expert. When that expert paid Angel a visit at the shelter, she, well, exhibited very much the opposite of canine aggression.

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"He absolutely loved her," Deane recalled.

So Pit Sisters pulled Angel out of the shelter and found her a foster home, where she lived with other dogs.

"She came out of her shell pretty quick once she was out of that shelter," Deane says.

And certainly, in just a short time with the organization, made her mark.

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Pit Sisters

"We still keep in touch with her mom, who absolutely adores Angel. She's a very spoiled little girl right now."

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