Successfully Adopting a Rescue Dog. Can anyone around here speak dog?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

20. I absolutely do not agree that dogs don't dwell on the past.

I've known LOTS of dogs and they absolutely can have emotional flashbacks and some will seem "troubled" from past abuse or neglect.

I have yet to meet a dog that didn't WANT happiness in their life. I have known a classic junkyard dog that spent it's life being a maniac at a fence line warning people away from their territory turn into big sloppy puppy in your lap if you give them a chance.

You can't go by me though.

People have described me as being like Ellie May on "The Beverly Hillbillies". I don't know what it is but critters just love me. Maybe it's because I'm an atheist and don't come off as if they were put here to serve me. To me, they are fellow animals, raised on the same planet and having the same emotions. In deep time humans and canines formed a very early bond.

I really believe this came about with the discovery of "the kicker".