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She has endured a harrowing start in life – but rescue workers refuse to give up on her.

Wendy, a  mixed breed, was rescued from a Romanian kill shelter to start a new life in the UK –  and she’s currently waiting for an owner to come forward for her at Oakwood Dog Rescue in Hull.

Regrettably, her new beginning meant parting ways with her brother, Bob.

Sadly, the one-year-old has been struggling to come to terms with this seperation and often spends time on her own crying over him.

Nonetheless, the shelter staff are hopeful that Wendy’s wounded heart will mend once she finds her perfect owner.

A statement from the shelter reads: “Wendy was offered space with a rescue over in the UK and as upsetting as it was to split the siblings, it was believed that they could cope without each other and the opportunity for Wendy to start a new life in the UK was a rarity so it had to be taken up.”

Upon her arrival in the UK after an extensive trek from Romania, Wendy’s initial caretakers regrettably left her alone for six hours.

During this time, the distressed Wendy wreaked havoc in the room due to terror and a desire for escape from the unfamiliar confines.

The rescue shelter said: “The foster carers left poor Wendy alone for more than six hours on her first day and in a panic, she had ripped up their lino, they immediately wanted rid!

“She went to the rescue that had accepted her but she was so scared and was trying to escape her areas to get to the other dogs.

“Wendy has only every known dogs her whole life and they are her safety blanket, understandably, she wanted to be with them to feel safer than it felt to be alone, especially after the past few days that she had just endured.

“The rescue said that they couldn’t keep her and that she needed to leave straight away. They said she was broken and they would send her back to Romanian.

Thankfully, the charity who rescued her from Romania stepped in and moved her to Oakwood for a second chance.

“We’d just had a dog rehomed the night before and so we had a space available for her,” the statement adds.

“We jumped in the car and drove a five hour round trip to collect the frightened and confused soul.

“Oakwood will be Wendy’s last stop now before she goes on to her forever home, however long this may take to find.”

The Hull rescue say Wendy needs an understanding owner who can work with her on basic training. She cannot live with children under 14-years-old.

An appeal reads: “So far, Wendy has shown that her confidence really grows when she is around other dogs.

“Although we are still not able to touch Wendy, when she is with all of her doggy friends, her whole demeaner changes and she is so much happier, she has even started coming over for little sniffs of the staff when the other dogs are there to back her up.

“We believe that Wendy will need to live with another dog as she completely shuts down when she isn’t around one.”

Reacting to Wendy’s rehoming posts on Facebook, one user expressed: “Thank you for giving her time. She’s beautiful.”

Another user chimed in: “Beautiful girl. Wish I could rescue them all.”

A third user praised: “What a job you do. Must be so distressing for you at times but rewarding at the end.”