A shelter dog desperate to find a new home has been trying to draw visitors over with his very own adorable dance.

Trek arrived at Providence Animal Center in Pennsylvania from a shelter in Georgia.

"The only thing about his background we know is his previous owner surrendered him because they had a baby and could no longer care for him," Giana Sabatino, a shelter worker at the facility, told Newsweek.

Under state law, any adult dog or puppy from outside Pennsylvania is required to spend two weeks in quarantine.

It was during this time that Sabatino first encountered Trek's unique way of getting their attention.

"I noticed trek's little dance as I was walking past his kennel the day after he arrived and thought it was the cutest thing," Sabatino said.

Having experienced a life of domesticity, Trek struggled to adjust to the hustle and bustle of the shelter.

"He seemed to be more of a fan of little dogs than big ones and I think he was a little nervous due to the other dogs being bigger than him," Sabatino said. "He seemed to enjoy any type of Staffies though."

But even after he did start to settle, it was clear that Trek was desperate to find a new home to call his own.

Unfortunately, dogs like Trek have a small window of time in which to make an impression on any potential new companion.

A 2014 study examining interactions between shelter dogs and visitors laid bare the stark reality of the situation many of these would-be pets face.

The research, published in the journal Applied Animal Behavior Science, found that shelter visitors interact with an average of just one dog per visit. Worse still, these interactions last an average of just eight minutes at a time.

That's not nearly enough time for a shelter pet, often nervous of their surroundings and wary of new people, to showcase their personality and suitability as a pet.

Fortunately, in Trek's case, he had an ace up his sleeve to catch the eye of anyone thinking of taking a shelter dog home.

"He would do his little dance as people would walk by during adoption hours and in hopes of being adopted," Sabatino said.

Trek's adorable moves certainly made an impression with the dog-loving public. Sabatino posted a video of his dance to TikTok under the handle giana_sabatino where it proved predictably popular.

One viewer called it "cute and funny"; another told Trek they "hope one Day you will dance in your own home." A third said he was "dancing his way into everyone's hearts, and hopefully, someone's home."

There was interest from some viewers in adopting Trek. However, by then, something wonderful had happened and best of all it was thanks to his dance.

"A really nice mother and young daughter came in and Trek's dance caught their eye and they decided they wanted to take him out of his kennel to hangout," Sabatino said. "They came back in from outside and absolutely fell in love with him!"

Trek has now been adopted and while no one can say for sure, something tells us he's going to be dancing some more, only this time he'll be dancing for joy.