Fate brought us together, we wanted / needed a new male, we went to a dog show and met a breeder who had him. He was not getting along with her pack, getting attacked, so he spent much of his life in a crate. She also was single and worked long hours. She sure loved her dogs, him as well. It was fate that brought us together, just like that.
We took our girl to go meet them at the breeders place and the two dogs sniffed each other and went on their way. Everything was cool. The breeder told us he hated being crated, but that was an understatement. He can't be crated ever again. He spent far too much time in one. We tried and it traumatized him. He got his freedom. It was hard at first and had many accidents, but was not a destructive dog. He settled out after a month or so.
The first day we brought him home, we were sitting in the back yard, I was trying to get pictures of him. He wandered over to me threw himself on me looked me in the eyes and kind of said thank you. He has been my dog that day on, just like that. He is a one person dog , not that he does not like other people in the family, but when I am home is is attached to me.
They great thing that when he bonded with me is I captured it on film. I never experienced anything like that before as we always had puppies, never got an adult dog.
Here is that moment. He came to me and just went limp. Getting an adult dog really is rewarding and he is so appreciative of everything he has and gets. He stops cold in his tracks to just watch children playing or to listen to people speaking Spanish. It's like he came from mars and everything is a brand new world. He stopped and watched kids sledding for like five minutes, would not budge. I don't think he has ever seen children. He also has to stop on walks to meet Everyone! He is very friendly.
