This is the first picture of Kane & I taken 9 years ago when I brought him home from the shelter in Belleville, Ontario. The shelter staff told me he had been hit and abused by his previous owner and would need a lot of care and patience from us if he was to recover. You won't believe this but neither Gary nor myself had ever owned a dog and we were taking on a 'special' case with Kane.
Kane will be 10 years old this month and he is a well-loved, family dog. We have done our best with him and today he still has 'issues' that we have to live with everyday. He is fearful of strangers and would really just rather have nothing to do with them. He is not comfortable with male dogs and has gotten in to a couple of scraps because of it. He is terrified of loud noises and will hide in the house if he hears thunder or fireworks. He hates to be left behind (but he's a good dog and never destroys anything and just lies around with the cats) and he is a wimp when it comes to having anything done to him so both Gary & I have to take him to the vet to be sure that he doesn't snap at the vet. :(
I am a little envious of these dog owners who have dogs that are so adaptable to every situation but I knew when I brought Kane home that he would never be that kind of dog. He loves us and we love him and that's that.
''Did you eat your blueberries today?" (Kane spits them out)
