𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐩 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬.

Angelica and Spud lived in tight cages at a Virginia household for six years, watching their lives slip away.

Angelica, a short-haired Saint Bernard, struggled to stand or turn around in the tiny cage, while Spud, a smaller terrier mix, whirled wildly in little circles.Then there was the rescue. Rescue & RemEMBER, to be exact. The Virginia-based group describes the bridge as “a bridge for Shelter pets to travel over before ending up in their fur-ever home.”

In a distressing video of the first time rescuers spotted them, the pair seems neglected – filthy, anxious, and famished. When their cages are unlocked, however, they escape for their lives.

They got back together after that. They had no one else for six years and couldn’t even communicate from their different jails.

Even if it’s simply the kitchen of the home they’ve been locked in, they play and run, scrambling for each other and taking in what must seem like a vast new universe.

Rescue & RemEMBER, in partnership with Knine Rescue, Inc., went out straight away to find them everlasting homes.

Spud was the first to be adopted, and he was adopted by a family that welcomed him as one of their own right away. Spud now enjoys the warmth of cuddling with his new family.

Angelica’s adoption took a bit longer due to her health difficulties, specifically her undeveloped rear legs. Regardless, she persisted with her treatment and emerged dramatically altered.