I wish mom was here to see the last season. Sadly she passed in Aug. 2020 😖. Thank you @Dan_Fogelman for helping to provide a way to bond with mom in her last days. She was a fan!
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Filmed five days ago at Hope Springs Shelter. The man is Robert, 45. Came in to look at dogs. No intention of adopting. Just exploring. Spent thirty-five minutes with a dog named Sam. Four-year-old mixed breed. Surrendered six times. Notes said “extreme separation anxiety" and "inappropriate attachment behavior."
Robert sat with Sam. Played. Sam seemed okay. Somewhat nervous but manageable. Visit ended. Robert stood up to leave.
Sam's entire demeanor changed in an instant. Didn't bark. Didn't growl. Just jumped. Straight up like a child jumping to be picked up. Climbed Robert's body. All four legs wrapped around Robert's torso like steel bands. Face buried deep in Robert's neck. Then went completely rigid. Frozen solid like a statue. Robert tried to put him down. Sam's legs tightened impossibly tight. Claws dug through Robert's shirt drawing blood. Robert tried again. Sam held on harder. Started making this low, desperate whimpering sound. Robert stood there. Sam frozen against his chest like he was welded there. Fifteen minutes passed.
Twenty minutes. Robert finally said to staff:
"I can't do this. ! can't physically put him down and I can't walk away from someone this terrified of being abandoned again. Carried Sam to the front desk. Sam still frozen to his chest. Arms going completely
numb. Signed adoption papers. Drove home with Sam clinging to him. Had to pry Sam's
legs off to shift gears. Shelter director told: "Sam wasn't misbehaving. He was
holding on like someone who's been dropped six times and cannot survive being
dropped a seventh time. Robert couldn't leave because Sam physically wouldn't
release him." Robert sent a video Friday . Sam finally released his grip.
After being in Robert's house for nine hours.
Finally believed it was real. Finally believed he wasn't being abandoned again.
@Josh7Knoll@khnh80044 She already communicated by scooting over and away from him! Then he did his jackass move… while she is trapped on a small enclosed area with him. A slap 👋 on the face and he could retaliate. She needed him to be stopped with zero power to get near her until she could get away
Eleven days ago at Blue Ridge Animal Rescue in Asheville, North Carolina, a tiny black terrier mix named Wren arrived from a neglect case, Severely underweight Completely shut down. Wouldn't eat.!
Wouldn't lift her head. Staff tried everything for five days. Nothing reached her. Then there was Chester. A twelve year-old Great Pyrenees, Surrendered four years ago. Never adopted. Too old, people say. Too big. But shelter directon Mara says quietly: "Chester has settled more broken dogs than anything else we've tried!" Night five, Chester walked across the kennel and lay down beside Wren. By morning she had eaten her first full meal. Chester is still available for adoption. Still showing up fo the ones nobody else can reach.
Vernazza, Italy is one of those places that almost looks unreal.
Tiny harbor, colorful houses, cliffs over the water, and that perfect Cinque Terre vibe where every view looks like it belongs on a postcard.