The dog staring back at you from behind the bars of a kennel isn't the same dog anyone once knew. We have seen this several times, dogs can just shut down, and withdraw from others.
Dogs forgot what it felt like to be someone's dog and feel their love and compassion.
Last week, a dog named
Taz got a modest reminder of the dog he used to be before. He wouldn't let it go for anything.
"I gave him the toy and he played by himself for hours," Minda Harris, rescue coordinator at Montgomery County Animal Shelter in Texas, explained The Dodo.
Hours passed by, he was all alone and playing with his stuffed animal.
"He was just staring at me, looking bored. I felt so sorry for him," she explains. "He was so flipping happy."
Just imagine what kind of life Taz lead before he ended up in the shelter. Or imagine how good he must have felt to play "fetch". Even if he ended up throwing the stuffed animal into the air himself, and catching it himself, too!
Yes, he's been here a long time.
"It made me sad for the hundreds inside that would be so comforted if they had one," Harris says.
If you think you can help him with that, he needs to be given a chance at a forever home.
Contact the Montgomery County Animal Shelter or if you live in Texas, visit him at 8535 St Hwy 242, Conroe, TX 77385.
Bring him a toy!
Show your support and don't forget to share his story with your family and friends!
