My name is Somebody. I am just over 8 years old. I was rescued from the Palm Beach County, FL animal shelter by my current human, Tracy, a little over 6-1/2 years ago. When I first saw Tracy I didn't know what to think. He was WEIRD! I was in the 1st row of kennels; 3rd one down; on the left. When Tracy came to the front of my cage he looked at the tag on the door which read 'Labrador mix - female' and said, "A female Labrador mutt is just what I came here for. Come here, sweety. Let me get a look at you." Not a chance, I thought. I'd been screwed over sooo many times lately... I mean he looked nice and sounded like a genuinely sweet guy, but so did all the other humans that had turned on me. He tried everything. He tried baby talk. He tried being playful. I wasn't budging. I remained pressed against the back of my cell; tail wagging; eyes alert. I was trying to tell him that it was nothing personal and, in fact, that I thought he seemed quite nice, but I'm sorry - no. Then he did something I've never seen another human do before or since. To my utter shock and amazement Tracy spoke to me in fluent canine. Without warning he dropped to the concrete floor outside my cel and rolled onto his back. He stuck his arms and legs straight into the air and looked at me passively as he said in human, "Look. I pose no threat to you." I shook my head in disbelief and without any further hesitation I leaped up and RAN the 2-1/2 strides to the front of my cel and begged him to take me home with him! He reached through the chain link and touched me as I licked his fingers and tried to look my very best. He decided to look at the rest of the dogs and wrote down the number on the front of my cell. As he walked out of sight down past all the other cells; looking at the other dogs I heard him stop and speak to a few, and I began to worry. He was so far down that I could barely hear his footsteps. When he reached the end he crossed to the other side where I could see him again. As he began back along the opposing row of cells I saw him look up in my direction. We made eye contact, and that's when he knew. From 100 feet away we saw something in each other's eye that meant we could trust one another. He gave up the looking at the other dogs, and rushed to adopt me before anyone else that may have noticed me might beat him to it. I went home with him a short while later.
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