Dog Can't Stop Spinning In The Shelter Until... | The Dodo 

Poor dog. Lack of mental stimulation made him bored and go “insane”

Isolation and confinement, as constant barking from the other dogs, made him develop spinning as a coping mechanism. Great job providing him with stimulus and consistent affection to snap him out of the behavior. I hope people take to heart that there are behaviors you'll see in the kennel that do not represent what kind of pet a dog (or cat) will make. Congratulations on adopting a hidden gem!

High energy dogs do NOT belong in a tiny cage in a shelter😢. They need space to run, play....thank you for rescuing this precious boy❤❤❤

I want to thank this lady for her commitment to a dog who had been suffering in the shelter. Dogs like people deal with trauma in different ways. I am so thankful that Romeo had found his forever family.

When I adopted my German Shepherd from the shelter, she had been fearful and trying to hide herself in a far corner of her cage. I was persistent in visiting her and treating her daily for a week. She finally started coming to me and was so loving. I adopted her and she was the best friend to myself and my sons until bone cancer took her life. She fiercely protected us from all threats and I miss her several decades since she died. We gave her a loving, compassionate home and she rewarded us with her love and protection. RIP Pepper 😢

The shelter is such a stressful place for these poor animals. Imagine you having a home and then one day everyone and everything was gone and you’re locked behind bars in a small cage. A lot of people don’t give the animals proper time to decompress , I’m so grateful this family gave him time and direction ❤

I can't stop bawling. I know I'm preaching to the choir, but we need to treat animals, each other and the planet so much better.

These dogs are basically in prison being punished while in shelters. It's heartbreaking.

Huge thanks to everyone who got involved in rescuing Romeo! 🙏🙏🙏 Romeo is smart, sensitive (in positive way) and was picking up all the negative vibes from imminent euthanasia situation. He didn't know what to do other than spinning and going crazy! Thank goodness he was saved by great people.🧡🐾

How absolutely heartbreaking that being in the shelter was so stressful and depressing for Romeo that he had stopped eating and spinning endlessly in his tiny kennel...and the shelter's answer to that situation was to euthanise him. 😢😢 I'm so glad that someone saw a good boy that needed a home with a family that would love him. ❤❤

Thank you for saving Romeo and giving him a wonderful life.

He was extremely stressed and that was the only way he could release that energy. Ample exercise and mental stimulation with repeated confirmation that he is safe and loved is all he needed. Great humans for a wonderful dog.

I had a German Shepherd growing up. He was the best dog you could ever have! He passed so long ago, but he’s in my heart every day. I still miss him and I shed tear 😢for him more often than I would like to admit!❤

He just needed to feel loved. Thank you for saving one of the most loyal and family oriented dogs because they are, just that.

He just needs somewhere for his insane energy to go. Then he'll relax. Walking, biking, hiking, swimming.

Bless his heart. Thank you for saving Romeo. 🐶💙

Imagine the intensity of his experience at the shelter... what he could sense but not make sense of... Step out of it with that loving human help is truly great!!!!

Love and patience are the keys. They go a long way for these poor creatures who have suffered a lot. Thank you for understanding his needs. And for being there for Romeo. Your voice is comforting to him. ❤❤❤

Romeo is absolutely beautiful and who would give him away or abandon him! Thank God he got adopted and has a loving, forever home ❤❤❤❤. And, this eyes just make you melt!!! 😊❤😊❤

Omg... thank you for saving Romeo and making him part of your family. He needed to feel loved and safe!🥰💜🐶🐾💓

Thank you to the person who put Romeo's information out to the public, and to the person who adopted him to give him a chance at a good life.

Thank you for saving this sweet Romeo👍🏻❤️

So happy Romeo found a loving and safe home. Beautiful shepard.

He’s a beautiful dog. You’re very lucky.

What an amazing soul Romeo is! He is living his best life with you! It was meant to be.

I had a German Shepherd growing up. He was the best dog you could ever have! He passed so long ago, but he’s in my heart every day. I still miss him and I shed tear 😢for him more often than I would like to admit!❤ thank you so much for giving Romeo a chance! 🥰Who knows what he went through and the spinning may have been his way of comforting or reacting to stress. You gave him the chance he needed and deserved much love and happiness to all!❤❤❤❤

Im crying for this sweet baby. Saddens my heart. Thank goodness for you ❤Praise you. Thanks for being a god sent angel for this dog.

He was bored, chasing his own tail for stimulation. German Shepherds are very intelligent dogs. He just needed toys!

Thank you dor saving Romeo. You have forever changed his life. He will repay you in unconditional love and loyalty. I adopted my cheweenie from a family who kept him in a kennel all day, and gave him zero love and attention. When he moved in with us, his true personality developed. He is a sweetheart and a protector. I had never seen him so happy. I watched him from a far for a year. Until my relentlessness in wanting him finally won, and they gave him to me 😂

Poor guy… he got traumatized at the shelter. It was heartbreaking to see how scared he looked in the car. Thank God he found a loving family who helped him to go through all the issues he had!🙏❤️

The poor thing, a working class dog that never knew his place or how to get his energy out, thank God he found a family to work with him. I LOVE it! That didn't just come from the shelter, he must have been isolated at his past house too.

Shepherds are highly intelligent and working dogs and need a job to be productive and be mentally stimulated. Anyone who thinks of owning one must know how to keep them busy and going for long periods of time. This is why they are often K9 officers - lots of training and stimulation to keep from being bored and doing what this poor dog did. SO glad he was rescued by a family who understood his needs.

I just adopted a 8 mo old GSD that had the same issues and would bite the cage and the Shelter had tagged her as unadoptable because of this. She was kennel stressed and was to be put down Feb 21, I had to go through 6 rescues before I found one that would tag her because they were all full and the shelter would only release to a rescue and not the public. I finally was able to get her out on the day she was to be put down. She has been a handful as she has had no training and wasn’t house broken but with a lot of patience, time and love she is a very loving, smart puppy and is 90% there and continues to get better everyday. These dogs just need a chance to live out their lives in a loving home. Spotty is not my first rescue dog as I have 3 others that had special issues and they are all the best now and we are all a happy pack but I’m filled up and don’t have any more room for anymore and it breaks my heart that there are so many great dogs in shelters that just need a chance and a loving home. That you for saving him.

Is it sad to think about how many animals out there show annoying "habits" while they're in the shelter that stop people from adopting them, while knowing that most of them can become lovely pets once they truly feel loved and safe and cared for in the way they need. Many animals are put down just because no one showed up willing to put that effort in for them.

''O' Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?'.....❤🐕🐶❤️

Indeed, this video has made a lot of difference in my perception about spinning dogs.

Great work saving him.

Thank you for adopting Romeo ❤️

thank you for adopting Romeo! your family is awesome! God bless you!

that gawd that beautiful dog has a loving forever home

Wow, thank you so much for rescuing Romeo. For not giving up on him, for helping him to enrich him with things to keep him from spinning and realize he is ok and all is ok now in his new home. You're a good dog mom:) Blessings to you.

Thank you and Bless you for loving, rescuing, and nurturing him to Life and Health ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Thank all the powers that be for this rescue! Huge blessings to this woman! 💕

I believe that his twirling was a truly amazing coping mechanism. Circling is healing!!

You give humanity hope. Sometimes when I see these cruelties I feel like if we are to be attacked by something I would say yep we are terrible beings but people like you give humanity hope. I rescue as well and I condemn anyone who pays 3-6,000 for a pure bred dog. These dogs deserve a happy life.

Thank you for rescuing him and giving him a forever home.

Bless those who rescued him and bless those who adopt him. He is such a beautiful dog. Like every animal, he deserves all the love in the world.

Thank you for understanding Romeo needed to decompress to finally get a handle on his emotions and stop spinning. He is so lucky that you adopted him. You are his angel!!!❤❤❤

Thank you

Extreme anxiety, especially for a German Shepherd, without positive stimuli. I adopted my GS, and at first, he too, had and sometimes still does have anxiety. They are working dogs. Bark! Haha!

Its ok sweet baby you're safe 💕

Thank you Jessica 🥳👍🏻🙏🏻🔆🔆🔆🍀🍀🍀

1:56 That's the ticket, directing his focus to a toy!!! ❤❤❤❤ They are working dogs and need to "work," walking, running, playing with balls, etc. all work towards reducing energy that creates the spinning in the first place! GREAT JOB new family ❤❤❤

Thank you so much for saving Romeo❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

The shelter it self makes the animals go in stress

There is a special place in Heaven gor you and others like you. God Bless You.

I am so glad that there are people in this world like you. When I adopt a dog and I see that there are quite a few behavioral issues to work out. Like you, I give him time to feel comfortable then we work out the problems you don’t give up. It’s like a child you adopt a child you don’t give them up you have a child with learning disabilities. You don’t give them up, I’m so happy Romeo is living his best life and you saved his life❤

I wanna thank you for giving Romeo the world back.

Poor boy 😢

Thank you for adopting him, giving him a second chance and working on giving him a normal life. ❤️💖💕

German Shepherds are one of the most beautiful and smart dogs! Thank you for getting him out of that environment and working with him. No doubt he will acclimate and destress with time. Such a fortunate, gorgeous and sweet boy to have you rescue him!

Thank these people for adopting Romeo, he deserved a chance

Romeo you are now safe in a good home ❤ Thank you for saving him he deserves a good home 🐾

Poor baby. Thank you for saving him.

😢😢😢😢😮poor baby look at his eyes,this cage is toooooo small for a big Angel like him 😢😢❤❤❤ brokes my heart😢

Thank you for giving Romeo a chance in life 💖

Bless you for being so patient and understanding with Romeo.

Poor sweetie

God bless this family that got him. A special place in heaven for folks like this.

You can't keep animals in that type of environment. They need freedom. Thank you for saving this beautiful dog.❤❤

So glad Romeo has a loving home.

It's hardly surprising that some of them lose their minds when they are confined like that...some obviously deal with it better than others...I wish it didn't have to be this way. I'm glad they got him out🙏💕🐾🐾

Thank you for saving him

I wish people would stop getting German Shepard puppy and realize when they are a year or two too much dog for them. These dogs are extremely intelligent and bore easy needed te dive amount of exercise. If they don’t get those needs meet and you understand it’s you not the dogs fault, they end up digging, barking, chewing them end up in kill shelters. Please know that these dogs are big and shed allot, very loyal, sensitive and smart. Must have continuous training and most of all love and compassion. 🙏💔🐾

This woman had patience, and took the time with Romeo. Amazing story. He's a beautiful dog.

He is a beautiful dog!! I am so glad that you saved him from euthanasia!! Thank you for being so kind and adopting Romeo's soul!! God Bless You!!💞💞💞💞

Thank you so much for what you did

The sad part is a shelter without a lot of people to help out is a slow painful death more than a quick one😢

I’m glad that Romeo has a great home

Yes, this story can save other dogs life❤❤❤

Heartbreaking.

The Power of Love will heal Romeo's Heart ❤ 🐾 Thank you for Saving him

Im so glad you adopted him and he is in a loving home.He just needed a little tender loving care

Well done best of luck ❤❤❤

Thank you for taking this beautiful German Shepherd!

You're Romeo's "Earth Angel." 😇 Thank God for people like you. 🤗💖

🥺❤ he is so adorable

MY HEART HURT SO SEEING THAT😢 GOD BLESS YOU FOR HANGING IN THERE AND GIVING HIM A HOME💞💞

Thank you ❤

Thank you to you and your family 🙏🏻

Your video got me teary-eyed Romeo is Absolutely beautiful and smart🩷🩷🩷

this so heartbreaking what we do to animals

Romeo is so cute!

Beautiful puppy as well as you young lady is what this world 🌎 needs

Ahhh.. so it was a coping mechanism and a trauma response, leading to a bit of a "PTSD replay" of the same reaction when he was out of that situation. Nothing needed but lots of love, safe spaces, and destressing the nervous system whilest forming new habits to "retrain" his emotional and reactive baseline. What a great example of the emotional complexity of animals, and how IMPORTANT and necessary a foster home might be, when a forever home is not immediately available. I'm so happy Romeo found his furever home right away, though - he's clearly such a sweet boy!

You can also distract him or animals like him by training with treats cause shepherds need to keep busy & work to stay focussed. Another thing that distracts dogs are carrots, peanutbutter kong toy or mat etc. Some also enjoy low volume classical music while they are busy working through these activities. Thanks to this family for their patience, persistence & TLC.

Reminds me of a human child that is on the spectrum. Much like them, this shepherd needed stimulation and love. Bravo on a job well done. 👏👏

This cutie better get a loving home.

Spinning was the first trick he learned as a puppy

German Shepards are highly intelligent. They need to be mentally stimulated.They are problem solvers. Loyal and very loving. I had one when I was a kid my best friend. Whenever I cried she would put her head on my lap and tears would be in her eyes. They are the best dog and friend ever.