This story start in a big home, I’ll be a simple dog, not anthropomorphic one I mean, and someone will save me

One day at Bear’s home he received some guests as usual to discuss about everything he likes, play games offer them meal, and do whatever you usual do with guests

Bear: “Hahah that’s cool”
Bear’s guests: “You have big house here”
Bear: “Yeah, sometimes I feel it’s too big and empty”
Bear’s guests: “Have you ever thought to take a pet”
Bear: “Pet?”
Bear’s guests: “Yeah”
Bear: “I don’t know”
Bear’s guests: “Would be amazing”
Bear: “It’s hard to stay behind them”
Bear’s guests: “A bit”
Bear: “Ummm”
Bear’s guests: “But they know how to reward you”
Bear: “Which pet you think I should take?”
Bear’s guests: “Well depends by you, you like cats? Dogs? Parrots? Fishes? Hamsters? Rabbits?”
Bear: “Hey, wait, too much”
Bear’s guests: “Just randomly saying”
Bear: “Well”
Bear’s guests: “Which do you think would be the best for you”
Bear: “I would have someone that I can cuddle”
Bear’s guests: “Well cats are suitable for this”
Bear: “But I also want someone that welcome me once at home”
Bear’s guests: “Oh so not cats, they are a bit independent”
Bear: “So what do you suggest?”
Bear’s guests: “How about a dog?”
Bear: “Dog? I don’t know”
Bear’s guests: “Why?”
Bear: “There are many of them”
Bear’s guests: “You mean races?”
Bear: “Well also, I wouldn’t an aggressive one”
Bear’s guests: “You could take a puppy so”
Bear: “But the most of time I’m working I wouldn’t that he feels sad and abandoned”
Bear’s guests: “Oh c’mon it’s still an animal”
Bear: “And so? For you animals mean less than us? For me an animal is a person”
Bear’s guests: “I didn’t say this, but there are a lot of dogs, you can go to buy one”
Bear: “About that…”
Bear’s guests: “Uhm?”
Bear: “If I’ll chose a dog, I’ll not buy it”
Bear’s guests: “What do you mean, how would you get it so?”
Bear: “There are a lot of dogs in the kennel”
Bear’s guests: “Oh!”
Bear: “But it’s always painful enter there”
Bear’s guests: “I can imagine”
Bear: “You see a lot of dogs, all are trying to convince you to take them, and as you make one happy, you make all the others unhappy and this why he didn’t chose me?”
Bear’s guests: “I see”
Bear: “But… last time I entered I was a kid, maybe now…”

Bear was wrong, in fact next day, following suggest of his guests he went to the local doghouse, he waited a bit before enter, but after a deep breath he entered

Bear: “!!!”

All around Bear there were a lot of empty cages

Seller: “Welcome”
Bear: “But cages…”
Seller: “Oh we don’t use that method anymore, it’s inhuman”
Bear: “Better”
Seller: “You would adopt a dog?”
Bear: “Yeah”
Seller: “Then follow me in the garden”
Bear: Garden“”

Bear followed the seller in the garden behind the doghouse and a lot of dogs of different species, big, small, medium measures were running happy on the grass, playing together, or at least almost all

Seller: “Here ouur dogs, do you see someone who you like?”
Bear: “Um let me see”

As Bear tied to look to some dogs the other immediately, noticing him, jumped to him, Bear lost balance and fell on the grass, and all dogs were wagging and licking you, in that moment he felt like if he took one other will stop to wag and be happy

Seller: “They like you”
Bear: “I understood it”
Seller: “Rarely they react like this”

And in that moment Bear noticed a cage, with a dog inside

Bear: “Why that dog is in a cage?”
Seller: “Oh! That dog, he arrived here 3 days ago, since that moment always refused to eat and play with other dogs”
Bear: “Well if he don’t eat how could he?”
Seller: “He passed most of time watching others with a sad look, sometimes he trembles, but sometimes he also roar to other dogs who try to play with him”
Bear: “Oh!”
Seller: “But as you can see cage is open”

Bear stood up and went in front of the cage, some dogs followed him, and some avoided feeling fear to go near to that dog

Bear: “Hey?”
Dog: “…”
Bear: “Has he a name?”
Seller: “Well his previous proprietary called him Timmy”
Bear: “Hey Timmy, c’mon come out, there is fun here”
Dog: “…”
Bear: “Timmy”
Dog (raising ears but still ignoring Bear): “…”
Bear: “ Ok, at least you recognize your name”
Seller: “He is Terrier race”
Bear: “Oh”
Timmy (trembling): “…”
Bear: “I see”
Seller: “So which one you chose?”
Bear: “I chose him!”
Seller: “What? You sure?”
Bear: “Yeah Timmy seems need someone, and I want to be that someone”
Seller: “You have to pay attention”
Bear: “Why?”
Seller: “He is a bit unpredictable”
Bear: “Um?”
Seller: “He has a difficult story, and he doesn’t trust anymore”
Bear: “He will”
Seller: “Seen you’re so sure, I’ll let him to you”
Bear: “Maybe I need the cage”
Seller: “Yeah I’ll also give you a copy of his report story”
Bear: “Oh! Ok, thank you”
Seller: “You happy Timmy? You found a new partner”
Timmy (indifferent): “…”
Seller: “See you”
Bear: “Thank you and see you”

Bear went outside of the doghouse, and returned to his home, he left the cage of Timmy open and…

Bear: “Ops, I forgot to buy your food, wait me here, I’ll arrive soon”

Bear went in the shop to buy dog food, while Timmy left alone at Bear’s place came out of the cage and stated to sniff here and there, when Bear came back at home

Bear: “Um? Oh! You came ou frm the cage, Good dog”
Timmy (wagging for just 3 second): “…”

Once seen Bear Timmy first instinct was run to his direction to jump on his, he started but after some steps he stopped, and looking down returned inside the cage with his tail between his legs

Bear: “Huh? But hey, why?”
Timmy (sitting): “…”
Bear: “Anyway I bought a big sack of food for you, are you happy?”
Timmy: “…”
Bear (sitting near the cage): “I see”
Timmy: “…”
Bear: “Timmy?”
Timmy: “…”
Bear (watching Timmy): “You need to eat something”
Timmy (watching Bear with sad look): “…”
Bear: “Timmy?”
Timmy: “…”
Bear: “Ok, I’ll let cage open so if you want you can go to eat”
Timmy: “…”
Bear: “Just do it fast, I can’t take the cage here for always”

Said this Bear stood up and went to read the report of Timmy’s story, he did a hot tea to read it calm, while Timmy lay on the cage

Bear: “Ok let’s see what this report say, um very long… Name: Timmy, Race: Terrier, Age: 4 (human system) 28 (animal system) I see first page are all for pedigree information… I suppose that they did all injections you need and took care about you”
Timmy: “…”
Bear: “Ok, let’s go to History: at his first arrival he was dog in critic conditions”

Bear immediately started to worry when he read it

Bear: “He was trembling and was perfect visible all abused this dog received, he got kicked many times, launched in the air and let land from high, not feeded, he was crying both with eyes and with voice, he was all dirty and had some scars and infections”
Timmy: “…”
Bear: “Omg, Timmy”
Timmy (watching Bear): “…”
Bear: “You had some cruel proprietary”
Timmy: “…”
Bear: “Oh here this is about two days ago: after some operation, fur of Timmy returned normal he passed the night with a respirator, he was in a smoked place, all wounds went healed and apparently is a normal dog, at least outside, we wonder which psychological problems could have him in his mind and what he can think about us, even if we healed him, he is watching us, doubting”
Timmy: “…”
Bear (slamming his punch on the table): “Damn, why they treated you like this, you’re not a toy!”
Timmy (in an angle of the cage trembling and crying with the voice): “…”
Bear: “Oh! Sorry I wouldn’t scare you, please calm”
Timmy (with a doubting and scared look): “…”
Bear (continue reading the report): “Ah here PS: Try to avoid big noises, like slamming door, screaming, or let fall big things on the floor, we suppose his old man used as signal to let him know was time of punches and kicks, and also try to not let him in cold places, he need warm and with time a lot of cuddles”
Timmy: “…”
Bear: “Awww that’s for sure”

Bear stood up and went to sit again next the cage, he opened it from up, so now Timmy couldn’t have any other limited space, but he stayed sat in the same place for all the time

Timmy: “…”
Bear: “??? Timmy? You can’t continue like this, you need to drink and eat”
Timmy (watching down): “…”
Bear: “I know you could not trust me, but I’m not like your old proprietary”
Timmy (ears down): “…”
Bear (trying to touch Timmy): “He went away, he s not here anymore, he can’t do other bad things to you”
Timmy: “Grrr”
Bear (caressing Timmy): “Um? Hey relax”

In the exactly moment Bear touched Timmy’s fur, he turned and bited Bear’s arm

Timmy (biting): “Grrrrrrrr”
Bear: “Unnn, hey, stop it”

In that time Timmy remembered all the times he tried to rebel and how every time he did all went worse, he remembered all the pain he felt so he left Bear’s arm and run under the sofa, crying

Timmy: “!!!”
Bear: “Nnn, better if I heal it…”

After he could hear and bandage his arm he went near the sofa lay down and watched Timmy

Timmy (trembling sad): “…”
Bear (smiling): “Um? Hey I’m not angry”
Timmy: “…”
Bear: “Well it hurts a bit, but I can understand why you did it”
Timmy: “…”
Bear: “I want that you learn a thing about me, I never surrender”
Timmy: “…”
Bear: “So as long as you will not trust me, I’ll try and try again”
Timmy: “…”
Bear: “I don’t care about how aggressive you’re, if it’s you nature, ok, but I chose you for a reason, because I felt you could be the right dog”
Timmy (listening Bear): “…”
Bear: “About your past… well I’m sad of course, but as the word say… It’s the past… now your present is better”
Timmy: “…”
Bear: “You can trust me”
Timmy: “!!!”
Bear (giving Timmy his hand): “And if for any reason someone will do something bad to you, I’ll protect you!”
Timmy (touched): “!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Bear: “Can I count on you to do the same?”
Timmy (licking Bear fingers): “*lick, lick lick*”
Bear: “Hehehe hey it tickles”

Bear’s words arrive until Timmy’s heart giving him new hope and let him know that he could trust in Bear, so he came out from the sofa

Timmy (trying to woof, but have no voice): “…”
Bear: “Um? You would talk? You need to eat before”
Timmy (rubbing onto Bear’s legs): “Um? You sure? Can I?”

Bear touched Timmy’s fur and caressed him, this time Timmy let him cuddle him, was a new sensation for him, he liked a lot

Bear: “Seen, it’s cool, right?”
Timmy (wagging happily): “…”
Bear: “Before all let’s go to eat and after you will have all the cuddles you need”
Timmy (ears down): “…”
Bear: “Um? What’s wrong?”
Timmy (trembling): “…”
Bear: “You still have fear?”
Timmy: “…”
Bear: “Oh, wait maybe I understand”

Bear took Timmy on his arms

Bear (hugging Timmy): “You feel cold, let me warm you”
Timmy (with happy face): “^^”
Bear: “Oh so you can smile too”
Timmy: “Arf”
Bear: “And talk too, even if your voice is a bit weak”

So Bear left Timmy near to the food and the water

Bear: “Here eat, while I raise the temperature of the place a bit, that food is soft, I think after time you don’t eat, you would like to taste soft food”
Timmy (watching the food, then Bear again): “…”
Bear: “Huh? You don’t like? You neither tasted…”

Timmy felt too touched from Bear kindness that some tears fell from his eyes

Bear: “Hey, why are you crying?”
Timmy (sniffing food): “…”
Bear: “Heheh you sure are a… special dog”
Timmy (eating food): “…”
Bear (opening the fridge): “I shouldn’t do it, but hell, you are very hungry and you gained the right to taste it, let me cut this wurstel so you can eat it too, maybe with some milk?”
Timmy (watching Bear with an interrogative face): “???”
Bear: “Right if you never tasted it you couldn’t know how it is, here try”
Timmy (eating and drinking): “…”
Bear: “You like them?”
Timmy: “Woof”
Bear: “Oh here your clear voice, very good”
Timmy (jumping): “Woof, woof”
Bear: “And energies are coming back too”
Timmy (wagging): “Woof”
Bear: “So you wanna play?”
Timmy: “Woof (yes)”
Bear (launching the ball in the bedroom): “I bought a ball, here take it”

But Timmy never played before, so

Timmy: “???”
Bear: “I see follow me”
Timmy (following Bear): “…”

They arrived in the bedroom and Timmy immediately jumped on the bed when he saw it

Bear: “Oh, hey!”
Timmy (laying): “Woof”
Bear: “You like it, heh? Soft bed better than cage”
Timmy (rubbing to the sheets): “Woof woof”
Bear (cuddling TImmy): “XDDD”

After some time Timmy fell asleep, finally he could sleep relaxing, so Bear left him on the bed and went to do all he needed to do, like eat, shower and relax too, and once Timmy awoke he was a bit confused

Timmy: “???”

Timmy watched around himself to see where was Bear, not seeing him immediately run in the living room, he felt fear to be abandoned…

Bear: “Oh! Hey you woke up!”
Timmy (wagging and running to Bear): “Woof”
Bear: “Come here Timmy!”
Timmy (jumping on Bear): “Woof”
Bear (cuddling Timmy): “I’m not going anywhere you know”

Later they both went to sleep together…
After a week, Bear received again visit from his guest

Bear’s guest: “So, you took a dog huh?”
Timmy: “…”
Bear (cuddling Timmy): “Yeah as you can see he is Timmy”
Bear’s guest: “Nice to meet you Timmy”
Timmy: “Woof”
Bear: “Initially he was very diffident, but now he is the best thing could happen”
Timmy (wagging): “…”
Bear: “Heheh seen he knows we are talking about him”
Bear’s guest: “What I told you, a pet would make your life better”
Bear: “The fact is when I have to work, I feel guilty let him alone, but once I come back he do all to show me he is happy”
Bear’s guest: “Of course, and also this means you created a special relationship with him”
Timmy: “…”
Bear: “Yeah indeed”

Bear continued to cuddle his dog, and their life continued happy!