Stray dog rescued from ‘busy road.’ Soon, Honey Bee the ‘sweet’ pup will need a home

Simone Jasper
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A stray dog wandering a “busy road” worried rescuers — then they hatched a plan to save her.

Now, Honey Bee, the once-elusive pup, will need a new home, a North Carolina animal shelter said.

“Honey’s foster fam reports that she is quite the special girl,” Carolina Animal Rescue & Adoption (CARA) of Sanford wrote March 28 in a Facebook post. “She enjoys spending time with people, asking for belly rubs, and learning new boundaries in the home.”

Honey Bee, believed to be about 2 years old, was rescued after she was seen roaming along a “busy road.” A shelter volunteer could tell that the skinny dog needed help, but she was scared and kept running away.

“A volunteer had been watching me for a couple weeks, trying to lend me a helping hand,” the shelter said in part of the post that was written from Honey Bee’s perspective. “They were worried I was going to get struck, or die of starvation.”

Then a team got to work, setting up a trap near an abandoned house. As the group tried to capture the dog, it encountered bees — making for a “perfect” name for the pup, CARA told McClatchy News in an email.

Honey Bee eventually got into the team’s trap, marking the end of her time on the run. Since the shelter was full, the dog found a home with one of the team members through foster care.

“She has been a total sweetheart,” the shelter said. “She loves her belly rubbed and is very eager to please. She will do anything for a treat and is working on her training.”

As of March 29, CARA said it was waiting for Honey Bee to gain weight and get a skin infection cleared before it would find her a new owner. The shelter already is accepting adoption applications, and more information about its adoption process can be found at cara-nc.org.

Sanford is a roughly 40-mile drive southwest from Raleigh.

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