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'Good Ending To Difficult Story': Dying Bergen Dog Reclaimed By Owner Turned Over To Rescue 'Good Ending To Difficult Story': Dying Bergen Dog Reclaimed By Owner Turned Over To Rescue
'Good Ending To Difficult Story': Dying Bergen Dog Reclaimed By Owner Turned Over To Rescue While county and shelter officials on Friday morning said a dying dog's owner reclaimed him days after surrendering him, they later revealed there is more to the story. Rocco, a 7-year-old pit bull terrier, limped into the Bergen County Animal Shelter in Teterboro on a deformed hind, right leg alongside his owner Sept. 1, the shelter said in a Facebook post. A full medical workup showed Rocco was suffering from terminal cancer.   The dog had been limping on the deformed leg for five months, and his family couldn't afford treatment, according to Brick City Rescue Co-Founder Stephanie DeViv…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'Good Ending To Difficult Story': Dying Bergen Dog Reclaimed By Owner Turned Over To Rescue 'Good Ending To Difficult Story': Dying Bergen Dog Reclaimed By Owner Turned Over To Rescue
'Good Ending To Difficult Story': Dying Bergen Dog Reclaimed By Owner Turned Over To Rescue While county and shelter officials on Friday morning said a dying dog's owner reclaimed him days after surrendering him, they later revealed there is more to the story. Rocco, a 7-year-old pit bull terrier, limped into the Bergen County Animal Shelter in Teterboro on a deformed hind, right leg alongside his owner Sept. 1, the shelter said in a Facebook post. A full medical workup showed Rocco was suffering from terminal cancer.   The dog had been limping on the deformed leg for five months, and his family couldn't afford treatment, according to Brick City Rescue Co-Foun…

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by Cecilia Levine