Rick

Physical Description: Rickard is your typical German Shepherd dog - agile, muscular, sloped back, black and tan, excellent hearing, ever alert..  He is fit and in shape due to his occupation.  On his left flank is a scar from where a bullet grazed him during a manhunt. 

Personality:   Hardened and serious on the outside, sensible but sometimes hotheaded and brash.  Loyal to anyone who finds their way into his heart, no matter who they are.  Rick's job has conditioned him to serve and protect; he feels most comfortable, at home and at ease when he can do this.

Backstory: Rickard is an ex-police dog.  He lost his human when he, like so many, contracted the strange disease that plagued their species.  Rick's humans were some of the last few known to stay alive.  In Rickard's city and in spots throughout the world, some humans seemed to become reanimated after they succumed to the disease- but they were not who they once were.  Although the animals could not contract this disease, they fled from the undead because they knew something was not right with this.  Rickard helped his human hold back the hordes until his precinct disbanded due to lack of people and his family fled the city.  Eventually all of them succumbed to the sickness.  Rick watched helplessly;  when he could do no more he couldn't bear to stay around to watch and see if they would 'come back' like the others and headed off on his own with an unknown purpose. 

Eventually he met up with Moses and his small pack of dogs that had joined together, and Rick joins them.   He helps the friends he makes and guides them to food, shelter and to avoid bad situations.   If it was not for this pack, he is convinced he would not have survived.

Ongoing Story:  Soon

 Extra: Rickard takes some inspiration from Rick Grimes from The Walking Dead, but he is in no way the character or a fan character.  Pretty much just shares his name and I think he'd sound a bit like him.

Music Inspiration:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8KFyGodC1E