I had seen this dog wandering around my neighbourhood and started to leave him some food outside the gate. I tried to touch him and get him to enter our property, but he was very scared and wild and always ran away, as soon as I opened the gate.My 6 year old daughter, was very taken with him and asked if she could choose a name for him...therwith the very original''Handsome''After not seeing him for a few weeks, he suddenly appeared in my kitchen one day with a badly injured eye!(Must have jumped over the fence)It looked like a cracker had exploded in his eye and he must have endured tremendous pain! He allowed me to pick him up, load him into the car and take him to the vet..amaizing, considering he never allowed me to touch him before! He healed beautifully from, which was in the end, a bursted absess.
I have 3 other dogs whom I love dearly, but Handsome just managed to sweep me off my feet. I have never felt such overwhelming love and willingness to please, from an animal.I believe that he must have sensed that I would care, when he came to me for help, that day.These 'previously disadvantaged animals' turn out to be the best companions ever! It is almost as if they appreciate everything so much more, as they never had it before!
Durban, South Africa
