The day we got Bama, our foster dog from the animal shelter it was freezing cold with snow and ice on the way. I had gone to the shelter after e-mailing with the director to pick out a dog to bring home and to hopefully make a difference for an animal in need. I had my eye on some dogs I had seen on Petfinder, however, Karen, the shelter director wanted me to consider Bama, a 4 month old Sheppard/pyrenees mix that had been brought in as stray and was very frightened and scared.

When I saw him I knew I had to bring him home. When we got him to our house he would not leave his bed in the den. We had to bring his food to him and pick him up to go outside. He would not walk on the leash and certainly did not want to go on any neighborhood walks. This went on for the next few days. Fortunately he loved our other rescue dog, Sadie. Slowly he began to get up and walk to us for a snack and then one day he actually got up and walked out the door on his own. Then we began to work on walking with the leash and little by little he began to realize he was loved and in a good place. People began to be interested in adopting him and somehow homes that we wanted for him just weren’t working out. We kept reminding ourselves that we weren’t going to keep him, but we knew we were falling in love with him and wouldn’t be able to let him go. We adopted him from the shelter and he is the most loving and sweet dog. He does something to make us laugh everyday and we are so glad that he has realized how much he is loved.

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