I know, it was really sad. It has taken him 14 months to learn that he is allowed to take his bone back if the other dog takes it, to learn to play and wrestle (my mom is thrilled about that ), to not shake with anxiety when something is not in his routine. But he's changed so much in that time. The animal shelter warned me that he would be likely to always be a runaway. For the first year we had extra blocks on the gates to the dog yard to keep him from tunneling out. We micro-chipped and put on a collar with his contact info and name. We worked and worked with him on coming when he was called. And finally a few weeks ago he slipped his collar when I was walking him and went to a neighbors but after a few minutes came and let me put the collar back on. Since then he's had a couple of chances to get away and he doesn't even try. It's so good to see him secure and confident. He deserves it for the years on chains (and b/c they didn't neuter him, none of the prior owners, which increased his desire to wander.)

He's a sweet, sweet boy and I'm glad he appeared here.