Pets that wait

For months, our dog Missy would go to a specific spot and sit next to the highway and wait for the people who dropped her off to return for her. It broke my heart... even after having been abused, even with her scars to prove it, she still waited on them to come back.

She has a loving home now and it took her more than 6 months to allow me to pet her anywhere other than under her chin, and only for a stroke or two.

It took a second dog Bob, being left behind near our home, who did not look abused, but was abandoned also, to help her open up. Bob also waited by the road and no one came back for him either. But Bob was very open and wanted to be loved and petted. His openness showed Missy that we were loving and not abusive. Loving a living thing can help cure a multitude of ills they might have lived through. Be kind - it matters.