Hi everyone! I’m Quica. My parents also call me Mr. AAO, the caramel kid, and Quicaboo. I was found on the streets of Baltimore when I was five years old with cigarette holes in my fur. I was taken into a shelter and then into a Maryland rescue. This is where things got crazy and started not just my journey, but the path to this sanctuary that y’all love so much! 

At the old rescue, I was at, a one-year-old pitty named Hazel jumped a fence into my space, and we fought pretty well. I redirected on the person who broke it up, and the old rescue brought both of us to a vet’s office to get euthanized. Because Hazel was so young, they wouldn’t do it. Somehow someway, AAO was contacted and next thing I know, both Hazel and I came to Buffalo, NY. 

AAO found Hazel a great home in like three days. Three and a half years later… I’m still here!!! And always will be. It’s not that they didn’t try… they did. They found me good homes, but due to my past trauma, I couldn’t make it work. Sh** happened. My Daddy soon knew he needed a place for me and dogs like me. So he hustled, bobbed, and weaved to keep me alive for a couple of years until he met Mama Kim and they got the sanctuary! I get alone time in the big house with Mommy and Daddy every day and they basically tell me how amazing I am all the time. I bring my BFF in with me… a pet stuffed sloth who makes me feel safe. 

I know my parents get very stressed so much… they both go through so much that they don’t talk about it. But. Once a day, me, and the two Rottie girls, Daisy and Lola, get recess. That means we get an hour a day where we run loose in the fields together. We can go anywhere we want as long as we stay in our parent’s sight. I try my best to do so, but there is so much out there! And as my parents see me sprint to the fields and mysteries of enchanted forests, groundhog holes, and deer pads, with love in my heart and mischief in my eye, I always see them smile. And no matter how bad their days are going, in that moment, they know it was worth it. It was all worth it.

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