Watch what happens when I change her name from Venom to Honey 

Her PUPDATE: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Swf2GV12WkY.html I really didn't thin she was going to come around but that lil nose boop towards the end was amazing🥰

Honey was adopted on 8th March 2024 - international ladies day. So cool. Now she can heal and settle into a loving new home. (News posted on Rocky's website)

Her eyes say she's heartbroken. She needs lots of love.

When we adopted my late dog, he had a collar with King on it. The shelter workers all called him that but he flinched when he got called it. We had to wait a day to take him home but when we finalized it so they couldn't adopt him out to someone else, I asked them to change it to the name we were gonna call him on the cage. I named him Yugi... Yes after Yu-Gi-Oh because he was very timid and yet very sweet... And I knew once he came out of his shell nothing was gonna stop him. We had our beloved boy for ten years.

Man this made me cry... I'm not even a dog person, im scared of them, but i saw myself in her eyes.

Owners could afford a week vacation but don't pay a fine for neglecting their dog.

Calling her Venom tells a lot about the previous owners and the reason she is in this situation.

Aww, her ears perked right up when you guys said her name was honey. Made me cry. You can tell she can feel how shes being treated and talked about. Lovee hownyou helped her ❤

We rescued a golden retriever yrs ago. Severely neglected, chained up outside, they called him Nightmare. We took him and as I got him in the car I told him his name was Rusty. He never looked back and loved us to bits. We had him for his remaining 7 yrs.

Her eyes and brows are so expressive. You can read the concern in her face.

That poor baby is heart broken. She knows she was left and lost family. I feel you baby.

I would adopt this beautiful soul in a heartbeat, how anyone can abandon their pet is beyond my comprehension. Peace and Love from Scotland 🙏🏻

GSD's are beautiful, loyal, loving, protective family members. Absolutely one of my favorite breeds. There is something deeply special about Shepherds. I lost my Girl 3 weeks ago. ..she has Vestibular disease. I rescued her 9 years ago, from a deplorable life. What was done to that baby was unconscionable. I had her for 9 wonderful years, and did my best to UN-DO every evil, rotten thing, AND memory she endured, and every terror she lived through. Her 9 years with me, hopefully erased the evil from her memory. I loved that Dog with all my heart, and she loved me. She was strong, and faithful. She was protective, and loving. My heart is broken over losing her. I still "hear" her moving about the house ... checking on my sleeping family. I pray that God finds me worthy of another German Shepherd...I cannot ever replace her, but I'd sure love to have a new friendship with one. Shepherds... They are remarkable animals.

This man could counsel trauma survivors in the same manner. He is good in nonjudgmental words and actions.

When she got scared! She ran back to your blanket. You gave her something to feel safe with. Thank you

Her pelt is so beautiful, the black has red tints in it. She deserves a good home. She’s such a good girl 🥰

"Honey" is a beautiful name!! It matches the colour of her eyes. She is just an absolutely breathtakingly gorgeous pup!

I just adopted a senior black shepherd last Friday, 1 day before her euthanization. She was very similar temper. She had been in the shelter since 11/15/2023. They had her as reactive to other dogs. I took a chance on her and she is such an amazing, smart and loving dog and gets along with my other dog wonderfully so far. Thanks for this video, I pray it encourages a massive softening of hearts for viewers to go adopt.

Pets never deserve to be thrown away, treated badly or killed. They deserve long happy and healthy lifes always.

The way her ears perked up when you said Honey!! What a sweet girl, thank you for being such a kind and wholesome fellow to her. I adore animals and would love to do some of the amazing rescue work you do someday.

She is a lovely lady,inside and out. Sweet lady is also very aware in her traumatic situation. She has pure warmth yet was so nervous to express it. Taking it slow with a dog is alway a good approach. I had to do the same with many rescues over the last 16 years, with either my mother (who was a foster mom for years in the 2000s) or myself (who followed in her footsteps).

I spent 5 years as a county animal control officer in one of the largest and most affluent counties in California. While there was lots of satisfaction, the frustration and anger that much of the work engendered was really hard to tolerate. I am watching lots of suspicion and way too many fear responses from this dog. That, along with almost no response to the praise tells me way too much about her former owners; as in people who have no business owning a dog. Project dogs like this girl are demanding but always worth the effort. She just really needs a home where she can trade her affection for affection in return. Most dogs deserve far more than they get.

UPDATE 03.08.24 - Honey was ADOPTED thanks to everyone sharing her story, congratulations Honey! Source: Rocky's website in the description of the video. edit: 03.08.24 means 8th March 2024

Honestly, if i was to get a dog, one that acted like Honey would probably be among my first picks. She reminds me so much of my grandparents' dog, Jess. She was such a nervous creature, despite being a doberman cross. It seems like she'd started out in a pretty abusive home before we got her, and she never fully got over it. She had the exact same eyes, constantly full of emotion, so loving and yet so timid. And she was genuinely one of the sweetest dogs i've ever known in my life, we adored each other. Nervous dogs like that take patience for you to grow on them, and for them to come to trust you. But it's so worthwhile, cos they can be such loyal companions for the rest of their lives, and they show their affection in the most adorable ways. And i can tell Honey was being amazingly brave and openhearted to get so comfortable with you so fast. I'm so glad to hear she was adopted, i hope her new family give her a loving, safe environment. ❤

the way her ears perked up when you said "Honey"

Breaks my heart to hear that someone basically said “we don’t want her”. I hope all the “unwanted” dogs find good happy homes where they can be loved and appreciated.

Those eyes really showed everything. The amount of betrayal and despair those pair of eyes are showing. She needs affection!!

How can anyone not love those eyes, we had a Springer that we lost 20 months ago and it breaks our hearts when people don't love their fur-babies. In her last year or 2 she was diagnosed with several illnesses and the vet told us to let her eat anything she could as it going to be her last year. I cooked fresh chicken pork and beef for her everyday to keep her strength up. If I could afford it I'd rescue every dog. I can't understand people that crate their dogs, Bella our Springer was give full run of her home and never left for more than 4 hours, could sleep with us and go everywhere with us. She made us better people and still miss her. But this girl is so full of love just waiting to come out.

I can hear your voice breaking when you heard her story... Poor baby... So sad... So glad she has you rescuing her ❤❤❤

She listened so intently when you changed her name from Venom to Honey, feeling the power behind your life-affirming words.

Her thinking she was going for a walk and not getting one was heartbreaking. She really wanted out of there.

You nearly made me cry. She's such a sweet little thing.

This may sound a bit silly, but it reminds me of my sister's chicken. She and her husband built a cute lil chicken shed with lots of space and fenced in walking grounds outside of it and wanted to buy chicken. We went to a farm and they apparently kept the chicken away from all sunlight, the outside world and they put them into a tiny box (about 15 chicken in one tiny box) for us to choose from. When we transported them then, they were TERRIFIED and they first four weeks they were very shy and running away from all human contact. The two of them were a bit sad because they had hoped that the chicken would realise eventually that they had a nice home and they would bring them food and take care of them. It took about five weeks of calm, detached contact, quiet and kind talking and just patience for the chicken to now be perfectly OK with picking grains out of their hands and hopping into their lap to do so. After about two weeks they dared to walk up and down the ledge to their shed themselves, about four weeks in they did not run away as crazily anymore when the two of them came to their shed to give them food and now six weeks in they are happy, expressing their own respective personalities and are laying their first eggs. A few weeks more and they may even be alright with their owners petting them slowly. My sister and my brother-in-law said that they don't wanna know which treatment these chicken had experienced ever since they were small (they are still quite young). Animals have trauma too and their own personalities. They are no dolls you can push and pull into different directions and, if they did something you disliked, you are just going to discard them like the bond you had never meant anything.😅 I pray that honey will find a loving and patient owner. Those honey eyes and paws make me wanna melt. Sooooo cute❤😊😢

When I was young, we found a German shepherd hiding under a bush in my Grandmothers yard. My Dad visited the dog for days, and just fed her. He finally was able to get her out of the bush and brought her home. After a few weeks she finally warmed up to the family. She was the best dog we ever had. I see the same thing in Honey. If I lived close to California I would get her in a heartbeat. With the right care and love, she will be someone’s best dog.

In the 1960s my family owned 60 acres in the country in a mid-Atlantic state. The humane society had a very small shelter a couple of miles away and my mother got to know some of the people there. A beautiful, small, female GSD came into the shelter but they had no room and my mother brought her home to foster her. As a child on a farm, we took care of the animals but I was informed that the GSD was 'vicious' and that care was needed when feeding, etc. The real story was that she came from a home where a couple had one child, a son, who was beating the dog and the dog eventually began to respond aggressively to the son, and began to dislike male humans. That dog became part of our family, became a strong protector of my younger sibling, and we loved her to the end of her life. It seems that Honey may not have been treated well, likely didn't received the positive love and care she should have, and only needs a good person to turn her around. I hope she finds that home!

Names/words hold frequencies and animals are wise to this! As well as to the energies of humans. You have a calmness in your energy that is such a gift!! Thank you for your patience and love for these special beings ❤ Gently showing her touch is safe, explaining what she deserves and calling her by a loving name like Honey means everything 🥰 New follower!

Poor little poppy 🥹😢 Reminds me of myself, we will heal from our past 🙏🏼

20 minutes with a kind stranger and her faith in humanity is restored. Dogs are incredible.

Nobody be discouraged by this behavior if you get a dog acting like this. My shepherd from the shelter acted like this for a month but he found his favorite rocking chair and laid in it by my bed and slowly started opening up. Now the dog is the most playful and talkative dog I’ve ever seen. Hes a literally 100 pound baby who submits to the little 20 lb daushand because he knew the other dog was here first. It’s so sweet to watch. But just dont be discourage by this behavior and make it why you never get that kind of dog

i love this guy, you can tell he has nothing but love in his heart. god bless you, rocky!!

You’re such a sweet human. Thank you for loving on these fur babies.

The whole sitting process and just letting her get comfy reminded me of my granddad and his dog, Cuddles. Cuddles was abandoned in the woods about eight miles from the nearest town, out where my granddad lived. He'd put a bowl of food out on the porch and sit with him and talk to him, and after a few days Cuddles would hang out on the porch with him, which then progressed to letting my granddad pet him. After a week, he was able to convince Cuddles to come inside. Cuddles was still pretty iffy on hanging out with a human, so he stayed in the entryway for a week, but eventually warmed up to my granddad and started roaming around the house. They had 10 wonderful years together. My granddad named him Cuddles because, according to him, "he looked like he needed a cuddle and a hug". Honey has the same energy.

What a sweet little fluff 😢 How could anyone just abandon her and not think shes worth the fee will baffle me for all of time. And to call her "Venom" is not only an insult to her, but an insight into the life she could have previously had and how her last "owners" thought of her. Cant wait for her to find her forever home and finally get all the love she deserves. ❤

Words and names hold a lot of power. Changing her name to honey made her sweet ♥️ she looks like a German shepherd maybe border collie mix, they can be prone to nervous aggression. Poor girl must’ve been through it. She just needs all the hugs x

❤Her face when you say the word “bad” is heart breaking 💔 Even though you don’t mean she is bad, the situation is 😢

Honey is STUNNING!! I hope she finds the perfect home for her. 🥰

Congratulations on Honey being adopted. I hope her new family gives her the love and attention she is seeking.

Back in 1973 I remember adopting our dog Fido. He didn't like that name so we named him Wang after my late great grandfather Mr Sum Yung Wang who was a great explorer. Wang was a good dog for 13 years. RIP Big Wang buddy, hope you are having a big bone in heaven.

She is so precious and her eyes show how scared she is. I'm so glad she got adopted and thank you for helping her open up.

I hope she gets a new forever home soon! Two years ago I adopted a black pitbull/lab mix from the shelter named Danger. She’s had 4 previous owners and no one was interested in adopting her. After adopting I changed her name to Juno and right away it was as if that has been her name since forever. She’s extremely loyal, kind and loving. Honey really reminds me of Juno and I hope she’ll soon find the loving home she deserves as well! ❤

She’s a beautiful dog. The fear in her was intense, every move gave her anxiety. I wonder if she’s been abused. I’m so glad venom is not her name now, that’s such a ugly name for such a beautiful dog. I absolutely love watching these dogs come out of their shell with love and positive affirmations. These people didn’t give her unconditional love, the fee was the breaking point for them. She’s so much better off now having a chance to have a loving forever home. I pray HONEY will find one soon. Thank you Rocky for what you do! ❤🐾

Did this beautiful angel find a caring and loving deserving home???🙏

You work so well with the dogs, I love them as well. Every one of them have a story. My husband and I have always got our dogs from shelters. And all have turned out to be so loving and good pets. Love them too death ❤

I have a black dog who looks and acted exactly like this dog. She had been in the kennel over 6 months. She has been with me for 4 years but still is apprehensive of strangers and afraid of strange noises. She is also the gentlest sweet dog. She knows she is loved.

She turned her face after she sniffed the collar, WOW HEART BRAKING

We rescued a dog 4 years ago and she was similar to Honey it took weeks/ months for her to come out of her shell and now she’s so affectionate and settled into our family! You’ve gotta given them time and work with them every step of the way. It’s so worth it once you get to the other side.

WOW Rocky what a beautiful story between you and Honey! I feel lucky to be able to witness the love between you two it’s so beautiful and inspiring. Thank you❣️

She has sadness written all over her face... You are doing good deeds man. I'm learning a lot about canine behaviour through your videos.

She wanted to go out for a walk 100%. Maybe a bit of sun bathing. The warmth of the sun is really relaxing to a lot of dogs.

She is such a intelligent dog. You can see it. Much ❤️ to her

Rocky you’re doing an amazing work with these videos because it reaches people that can see the animals and volunteer to adopt them, thank you 💖

Wow. Ten days and Honey is still so scared and sad! Thank You for sitting with this Sweetheart! Honey needs a Home with lots of Love! Share and Share Again Everyone! Hugs for Honey ♥️

That was so cute how she twitched her ear when you said 'Honey'. Dogs understand so much. I'll pray someone with a good heart adopts her.

Hiya, 1st time seeing ur channel. U're doing an amazing job. Such compassion and understanding. U were so right to change her name. Keep us updated on her progress.

Shes so precious

This beautiful creature deserves a loving, peaceful home with patient caretakers.

She’s literally the cutest dog. I feel so bad that she has to go through this. She deserves the best belly rubs.

My heart 🖤 She reminds me of my childhood dog, Barney. They look almost identical. Thank you for what you do for these animals. This is the first time I’ve seen your videos and even though I’m in tears, I’m so grateful for the work you and others do to show empathy, love and respect our four legged friends deserve.

I got my black mix pit labrador a couple years ago with my mom when her friend said she couldn’t bring her during the move. She didn’t want her to be in a shelter because the poor puppy was unwanted from 3 families. I can’t imagine what she had to go through, but we made sure that she has a forever home with us. She is currently happy and lovey dovey living with me and my family. :)

As a person suffering a long lasting depression I have so much sympathy towards this sweet doggo. I wish it would be a possible for me to adopt her. We could heal each other together. I know it would be a long and probably a bumpy road, but there is a hope even with the most reactive dogs. It was so nice to see her come out in her shell just that tiny bit. Oh, how I wish I wouldn't live on the other side of the world.

She has soulful eyes. Poor baby just needs love.

Best clip on RU-vid so far ever for me. Thank you.

I LOVE YOU FOR THE KINDNESS YOU SHOW TO THE BABIES

Such a sweet angel. I hate that she's so sad and timid.

HONEY was a PERFECT name fer her and I HOPE she found the HOME/FAMILY she DESERVES. Those eyes touched my soul...

I love Honey's eyes! I'm so happy she finally found her forever home!

You are very kind in your mannerism towards her. Also brave to take fatal risks for the sake of positive potential in potentially vicious characters. She’s a good girl. 🙂

Her eyes... She's so sad. Good luck Honey, youre a beautiful girl. ☮️

She clearly understood that you were being supportive, her breathing went up a little, her ears were pointed towards you. She is such a cutie!!

Thank you so mucj @rocky for helping this beautiful angel 🙏🙏🙏🙏💫✨🌟

I adopted a dog who was on his 2nd shelter and one failed rehome. He had soooo many emotional issues. I didn’t get him until he was almost a year and had spent almost that entire time in shelters. He’s a cattle dog/pibble mix. When I first got him he wouldn’t stop crying and cowering and wasn’t potty trained. He’s so smart he was house broken in about 1 week and was a completely different dog within 1 month. He still has issues with fear nipping (so we use a Baskerville muzzle on busy trails or meeting new people) and is especially uncomfortable around men. Pretty sure he was abused. Came to me with scars in his head and a chunk missing from his tongue. Besides that he’s the absolute funnest, most affectionate dog I’ve ever had. He’s 11 now but still acts like he’s a puppy. Project dogs are soooo worth it. Please don’t give up on any dogs who have emotional issues. 🖤

She has the most beautiful face, but the most sorrowful expression. So sad. I hope she learns to trust again ❤️❤️

This made me smile, thank you for your work. I adopted a black dog from shelter and she’s still with us today and doing well. She’s not much of a dog lover but great with people and gets along with other family pets be it an another dog or cat.

Thank you for all you are doing for these dogs.. I watch all your video's. you are so patient and kind. Iff only I were younger......

As a human that went through the system and came out of it traumatized..i relate to rescues like honey here. Just need love, patience, people meeting you where you are in the moment and speaking life into you. Thank you for not seeing them as a lost cause. You remind me I'm also not a lost cause. Some animals just need extra love, just like rescue people.

Did anyone else notice when Rocky was told she was there 10 days and he said "That's bad" when this sweetheart heard the word bad, she turned away from him and faced the wall...like she was thinking "does he mean me?" That scene starts @3:20. I see reaction in her. It looked as if she was used to hearing that she was bad! 🥺 Check out what the character Venom looks like...google Venom and click images! She's a honey alright! When she took the entire treat so gently my heart melted! Rocky is so amazing with these hurting furbabies! 💗🙏🌺

What an adorable Honey she is 🌸

Such a beauty. Hope she's found a forever home by now. Good luck Honey x

I feel like humans need this kind of kindness to come out of their shells as well. 💖💖

Let’s think about this for a minute… they said straight out they don’t want her, they keep putting off paying the shelter fees, since they were on VACATION the first time she was there, it’s clearly not because they can’t afford it!! I don’t believe she got out of the yard, they let her out of the yard because they don’t want her anymore. So sad, as are all these cases, because she’s such a sweetheart, and deserves a loving home, and someone would never abandon her, but give her all the love she deserves!! 🐾❤️

She seems so sweet. I can’t believe anyone wouldn’t want her. It’s so heartbreaking seeing how frightened she was. I hope more people consider adoption.

Ten days makes me so sad! You warmed my heart with the love in your voice. Thanks for saving her.

13:35 "you are valuable" she looks up. She knew what he was saying 😢🥰

That beautiful sad face almost made me cry. You can see in her eyes, asking for love and kindness

I grew up on a ranch and I LOVE animals. It truly breaks my heart to see animals like this. I know its hard to spend time with animals in shelters as there are simply too many neglected and dumped animals. Thank you so much for taking the time to help the ones that are less likely to get adopted for whatever reason. If I could take them all I would. 🥰

This brings tears to my eyes, such beautiful great progress in such a short amount of time. you're doing gods work. Youre a role model to me! Thank you for what you do

She looks just like my Lolly. I adopted her here in Spain and she was the same, scared, in a corner. I adopted from a post I saw on fb without ever meeting her in person. She was broken when she arrived and would not leave her corner for a week and I could not get her outside without carrying her (25kg) for several months. She hates treats, they did not interest her, but now she lives for treats. Her bed was in the corner in the living room the first week. So I slept on the couch to keep an eye on her and not leave her alone in a strange place, but after a week I decided to go to my room. I tried to convince her to come, even carried her there, but she ran immediately back to her corner. Then I woke up in the morning and it was the most beautiful gift, she had come in the middle of the night and lay beside my bed on the ground. Although she did not interact with me, this was a great sign, as it was when I left the house and came home and she had taken one of my flipflops from the entrance into her bed to sleep with. Now, 3+ years later, that is still her spot next to my bed, she chose it, even though I'd love her on the bed, she prefers this spot. It took a good two years for Lolly to behave like a more normal dog, and even now she will never be completely fearless and "normal". The amount of abuse she had in her first year of life was unfathomable. She is a princess in the house, but scared on walks and will always be, but that's okay, I am getting used to my girl. I am so happy that you mentioned that the transformations are not always fast. When I got Lolly I had watched so many videos and assumed within a week or few months she'd be completely transformed, but this did not happen and I got really down. But now I realize, I had expectations from social media videos, but what really happened was that (with time) I had to get used to her and she had to get used to me, and then we just figured it out together over time. I just discovered your channel and it brings tears to my eyes to see people making such a difference... and yes! Names are important, they resonate meaning and energy. I am so glad her name is now Honey

The way she takes the treats is so gentle, such a sweet baby.

Thats absolutely heartbreaking 😭😭 Thanks for being so nice to the mistreated dogs.. she reminds me so much of my previous rescue dog ❤️

You are an angel, Rocky