Rescues

Leo arrived last Thursday.  I was surprised when Leo got out of the car I was meeting and was very surprised to see that he wasn't white!  Leo looks like a shepard!  Leo is here because he bit somebody 2 weeks ago and it was suggested he be put down but the owner was given the option of surrendering him to a rescue to work with a behaviorist.  Leo so scared it is pathetic.  I'm sure it was a fear bite and not an aggressive bite.  I am working with him to establish a relationship and he is slowly blossoming.  This morning he actually touched me of his own free will.  Tonight he licked the bowl of hamburg I had on my lap.  He is such a bundle of contradiction.  He wants so badly to come near me but is too afraid and will stand away from me and bark at me.  Her has made tremendous progress in the week that he has been here.  Someone suggested that I keep a journal for the rescue dogs while they are here and I am going to do that.  Think I'll write them from the dog's perspective!