When Angela Adan pulled into a quiet parking lot one afternoon, she expected nothing more than to grab a quick errand. But the moment her headlights swept across the asphalt, she froze.
Sitting in the middle of the lot was a small crate — and inside it, a pair of frightened eyes staring back at her.
Her heart dropped.
A little Frenchie sat inside, silent and still, as if waiting for someone who would never return. His back was raw from an open wound, and it was clear that whoever had left him there had done so in a hurry.
“You could tell that somebody just shoved him in there and left quickly,” Adan said in a video for The Dodo.
Adan, an experienced rescuer, didn’t waste a second. She grabbed a leash, knelt beside the crate, and gently opened the door.
The little dog — later named Goober — looked up at her with weary eyes but didn’t hesitate to step forward. It was as if he already knew she was there to help.
She lifted him into her arms and took him straight to the vet. The wound on his back turned out to be a severe hotspot that had spiraled out of control.
Security cameras offered no clues about who abandoned him — but at that point, it no longer mattered. Goober was finally safe.
“I brought him home, and his healing process began,” Adan said. “It took months, but finally he started to heal.”
With time, care, and endless love, Goober’s fur began to grow back — and so did his trust. The shy, broken dog who once sat alone in a crate started wagging his tail again, learning that the world could be kind after all.
“He got adopted into a really loving family, and he can go to the vet anytime he needs to,” Adan said. “He’s on a special diet now. He’s living a happy, loving life for the rest of his days.”
Once abandoned in a parking lot, Goober now falls asleep every night knowing he’s home — forever.
