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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.—Last week, a Virginia Beach couple found two pit bulls, malnourished and emaciated, at the Reflections Apartment Complex in Virginia Beach.
“He was brittle, skin and bones, clinging onto life, and barely standing up,” said Cole Alcaraz, one of the rescuers.
On Friday, Alcaraz was spending some time with his two Cane Corso’s at his complex’s dog park, when a 1-year-old pit bull ran up to the gate. Alcaraz immediately knew the dog needed food and water.
Ashley Jarrell “The little puppy ate three full bowls and four bowls of water in total with us before starting to walk with me on a lead to show me where the other dog was,” he said.
According to police, the first dog’s name was Shikamaru. He’d allegedly escaped through the screen door of an apartment in the Reflections Community. But Shikamaru didn’t just run away, he ran for help.