For Sarah Sleime, a Greater Charlotte SPCA volunteer, the ‘ weeping’ was absolutely genuine.

Sleime was going through the kennels when he came across the touching scene.” […] The canine is sitting in a very human method,” said Sleime. “So I leaned in and started talking to her.”

Sleime could see that the 7-year-old pit bull had recently had a litter of puppies, although the puppies were not with her now. And when the woman spoke to her, the dog’s eyes watered with what seemed tears.

While it’s not fully understood whether dogs cry the way people do, Sleime noticed that the pit bull was clearly upset. She was also overweight.

” Sanctuary employees believe she was confined and used as a breeding device,” Sleime said. “She’s obviously had many, lots of litters.”

Messages from individuals all over the world flooded the volunteer’s inbox– many people wanted to adopt Cinnamon or assist find her puppies. However it was Sleime’s buddy Meghan Shelton who would eventually adopt her.

” I have a unique location in my heart for pit bulls,” said Shelton. “I believe they are a very misunderstood race. And when I saw her because video, actually weeping in a cage, I cried. My kids cried. I showed it to my husband and he said we could go see her the next day.”

The following early morning, several families lined up at the shelter to meet Canela, however Shelton and his family members were first in line. And when they met her, they fell in love.

” She was incredibly wonderful to us,” Shelton said. “They brought her right into a room to meet with us, and we just let her relax. My kids were on the floor with her, and she sat on their laps and knocked them down. “

Shelton and her family recognized she was unique, so they filled out the documents to adopt Cinnamon, whom they renamed ‘Rosie’. Afterwards, Rosie was sterilized and went to her brand-new foster home the following day.

The Shelton family already had one more pit bull– a hairy 3-year-old called Blu– and they weren’t sure just how Rosie and Blu would certainly react to every other.

” I had no intention of introducing them in the very early days,” Shelton said. “I simply desired her to obtain used to the house and go out for a stroll. So we really brought her to our room with her box loaded with blankets. “

” I noticed our male dog was on the other side of the door and was doing the same point,” Shelton said. “So I asked the children to put her on a leash, and I put Blu on a leash and we simply asked them to head out and meet. It was interesting because you never understand what it’s mosting likely to resemble, but they type of sat side by side with their tails wagging. “

Now Rosie and Blu are acting like they’ve known each other for years, according to Shelton. “I’m dealing with my desk now and she’s sleeping at my feet, and … [Blu] remains in her spot right on the other side of my desk,” she said.

Rosie’s personality is likewise slowly emerging. “When she gets excited, she snorts like a pig,” Shelton said. “It is so cute. My girls accompanied her to the bus quit this morning, and when brand-new children showed up, she huffed at them till they came to pet her. “

The Shelton family has just been with Rosie for a couple of days, but they can no longer imagine life without her.

” It was love at first sight,” Shelton said. “She kind of pulled our heart strings.”

” I located that many people turned in their pets on the Sunday (the day Canela was adopted) prior to the holiday that CMACC needed to euthanize more than 30 animals that day,” Sleime said. “Some people gave up because they were leaving town and really did not intend to pay to house their animals. [I’m] really happy we got it out in time. “