My Dog Taught Me Everything I Know About Myself
I adopted Ryder from a kill shelter when he was six months old. I didn't know he was already convinced people couldn't be trusted, or that because of his colors, people were convinced he couldn't be trusted, too. I didn't know about the health scare we'd have that'd keep him quarantined for nearly a month and away from people who might've convinced him humans weren't so bad, or that he'd grow to be 80 pounds and occasionally be an absolute terror to walk.