The Journey to A Beautiful Soul

Hi Second Chance readers =D I'd like to update about Johnny (now renamed as Storm).
I used to be a volunteer at Pawsmission, my family and me adopted this mutt a few months ago. This was him at Pawsmission. He used to angry and scared most of the volunteers there. But somehow my family and I just felt compelled to get him. Mrs.Kim called me to warn me about the dog. I have to say that it's nice to inform us instead of turning a blind eye to the dogs weaknesses.. They really want the family and dog to get along fine.

When we adopted him, it was really hard to get him in the car. Uncle has to help us in as Storm was most comfortable with his presence. Bringing him home. I can say it wasn't easy at first. It was difficult to be around. He growls when we touch his abdomen area.. He doesn't like us to touch his tail. He don't like us when we hug him. He don't like us when we try to make him sit. He just growls and growls...

The first two months was like that. It was really difficult but it was sometimes hard to put up with him. But then we started to gain his trust more and he growled less and less.. He got more playful; taking our slippers to the garden, shredded the sponge we used to wash the car and he kept coming in the house even though we dont want him to.. It was nice he wanted to play with us but it was just too much. He was getting out of control. One day, we went for a holiday and we placed him in a vet for boarding for a few days. I gotta say, he's a real good guard dog. He barks at any stranger that comes to the house.. When I walk him, he even growls at strangers coming near me so we were worried when we were going to put him in care of someone else. Fortunately, one of the workers wasn't afraid of him at all. It took them some time for him to get used to the place.

When we got back, he was so pleased for us to take him home. It was as if.. we would never take him back. When we brought him back.. He became better. As if, he knew somewhere that if he misbehaves, we will be abandoned like how he was before we adopted him.

He will always greets us with a crazy tail wagging. He guards the house nicely. Now, he can sit without us making him to. He loves being brushed.. ALOT and he really likes to play with water. He loves being pat. He likes to chase the ball. He's a nice dog to get to know. When we wanted to get him into the car to go to the vet, he really didn't like it.. just like how we tried to get him into the car when we first adopted him. I guess he saw it as a sign of rejection but I can safely say that we wont reject this dog. He has found a good home and we have found a good dog. This is truly a second chance and I'm glad we could be that chance for him.

Why I decided to write this is that, I believe.. dogs have feelings; they can love, they can dream, they can be sad, they can even grieve.. But I didn't believe they can feel gratitude until now.You don't need a pedigree dog to be happy. I got this dog and I'm absolutely happy.

He sleeps like a lazy white seal!

But he's still handsome