00:00Before you scroll past Sprinkles, you need to know how hard he's worked to feel safe.
00:07Seven months ago, Audrey rescued him and 17 other dogs from a pit bull hoarding case.
00:13Sprinkles and his three brothers had been kept in a tiny box
00:16isolated from everything a dog should be able to experience.
00:23We've been dreaming up this day for a few months now.
00:26They were fighting over food and Sprinkles got hurt.
00:30I mean, it's hard to even imagine what life would have been like for them in there.
00:34When Audrey first approached him, he was so scared, he didn't even look at her.
00:39But she knew that there was a sweet little dog in there
00:42and that he just needed someone to give him a chance.
00:49So once he was safe, Sprinkles went to live with his foster mom, Sam.
00:56I've been a consistent and committed foster with this rescue organization.
01:02I'm always drawn to foster the more difficult cases.
01:06Because who else is going to do it?
01:08For the past seven months, Sam has basically been showing Sprinkles how to be a dog.
01:13He was entirely shut down and resisted looking at me.
01:18He'd never been indoors before, so walking through the house was difficult for him.
01:22Come on, you can do it.
01:24Come on, you got it.
01:26Let's go.
01:27Oh, no, no, no, no.
01:28Okay, you go first.
01:29You go first.
01:30Come on.
01:32Oh, that's such a good boy.
01:34He didn't go outside for the first four days of living with me because he was so frightened.
01:38I may end up having to pick him up and take him outside.
01:42Beneath all that fear is a dog who so badly wants to trust and to be loved.
01:47You're being so brave right now.
01:49Oh, you're going to go in your crate now?
01:51Okay.
01:52Okay.
01:53So like right now, I'm going to try to go up to him.
01:55He's going to completely run away from me.
02:00It's okay.
02:02Sometimes my eyes would have to be entirely closed or I would just pretend to be distracted on my phone.
02:07As unnatural as it felt, that's what he needed from me.
02:10She gave him his very first bath.
02:12Great.
02:14This would be a really cinematic moment if you gave him a kiss.
02:18His first toy.
02:24Look who decided to come out here.
02:27He walked through the house all by himself.
02:29The first time Sprinkles left his room to hang out with me and my other dogs in the living room,
02:34it felt like a major win.
02:38And then he made his first friend and then another.
02:43And then eventually came his first cuddle.
02:49I mean, look at him.
02:51This might be our favorite first too.
02:53The thing about a dog this scared is that you can't rush him.
02:56You need to meet him exactly where he is and be there to support wherever it's possible.
03:03Sprinkles can be a very goofy and playful dog once he feels safe and is able to decompress.
03:09Sprinkles would thrive in a home that is calm, patient, and understanding of how much of his past he carries
03:15with him.
03:16Audrey's rescue is currently accepting adoption applications.
03:20Sam has already been there for so many of Sprinkles first,
03:23but now he needs someone who's willing to be there for all the ones to come.
03:32He wants to target all over the top.
03:33Tom, you can't put the dragon on the floor, but now he wants to master his ready for him.
03:34We want his freedom.
