Oh, this made me wibble a little. Thank you for adopting him! It sounds to me that he might have been so easily overlooked and traumatized further by the shelter experience... He looks like a cutie pie!
When I was waiting in line to pay for him, a shelter workers, a woman, came up to me, asked if I was the one adopting this dog, and when I said "Yes", she hugged me! Said I was one of the reasons she works there, that people taking home dogs like Murray are why she works there - because it might have taken a long time for him to find a home.
Oh the second time I went back to the shelter to see him, I met the woman who'd gotten him off the street. The shelter worker knew her, and asked if it would be okay if she texted the rescuer to let her know I'd taken him home. I said yes, and she's now a FB friend. She rescues so many dogs it's amazing.
There really are certain animals that the whole crews at animal shelters just fall in love with. I think the hardest knock cases are the ones that really touch people who work or volunteer with animals. I am forever wishing that people would take the time to see the reticent, not-immediately-social cats or the gorgeous, sweet pit bull who had to have his eyes surgically removed.
Oh, this is a great story, too. (The comment, I mean, in addition to the whole post.) He is so cute, and I think you've made amazing progress with him so far, and will make more.
And I agree with SBG's comment below: people need to look beyond the most conventionally pretty or sociable animals. As with people, sometimes the ones who need a little help turn out to be the most rewarding ones to invite home.
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When I was waiting in line to pay for him, a shelter workers, a woman, came up to me, asked if I was the one adopting this dog, and when I said "Yes", she hugged me! Said I was one of the reasons she works there, that people taking home dogs like Murray are why she works there - because it might have taken a long time for him to find a home.
Oh the second time I went back to the shelter to see him, I met the woman who'd gotten him off the street. The shelter worker knew her, and asked if it would be okay if she texted the rescuer to let her know I'd taken him home. I said yes, and she's now a FB friend. She rescues so many dogs it's amazing.
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And I agree with SBG's comment below: people need to look beyond the most conventionally pretty or sociable animals. As with people, sometimes the ones who need a little help turn out to be the most rewarding ones to invite home.
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