Newbie was a rescue from a dog fighting house. According to the shelter from which we got her, they couldn’t get her to fight, so they used her for breeding. For her entire life with us, she had scars from where they tied her down for breeding… But despite coming from the most abusive background imaginable, she was the absolute sweetest dog. She was in my life for about a decade and, other than in her sleep, I never once heard her make an aggressive sound.
Unfortunately, she died a few years ago from a failing pancreas. She’s the only dog I ever had to choose to let die. I wish she were still here.
edit: She was really stinky, though.
I’m so sorry for your loss. I know too well how it feels to miss your animal.
This was Barley. I lost her to cancer on New Years. We didn’t even know she had a tumor despite multiple recent vet visits and blood work. She was a rescue, and we had just barely passed 11 years together when she died.
There is still a hole in my heart shaped like her big, fuzzy butt. This dog saved my life, and I will forever feel like I was so blessed to have had her. Literally every person who met her remarked at what a good dog she was.
She looks like a good dog. Thank you for sharing.