Dear Casey,

I am not sure what your previous owners have done to you but I know they were unfair and unkind to you. You are the sweetest girl. I am so glad my daughter spotted you at the pound, you were quiet and unassuming and I may not have noticed you behind the two outgoing boys you were in a cage with.

We took you out in the yard and you were too scared to respond to us so I left and went to another shelter, my daughter, your new sister, could not stop thinking about you. We went back and got you and I am so glad. You were there in that awful place for 10 days because your previous owners dumped you for not getting along with their small dog, you were 3 1/2 did they decide they needed a cute little lap dog and when you felt insecure and unloved and acted out they just dumped you. I will never know what they did to you but you will always be safe with me.

I remember right from the start you seemed to know you were safe, remember your first night with us, you, me and your new human sisters sleeping on our bed and your new human daddy sleeping on the couch so we could all be together. Remember all the nightmares we woke you up from? I had to carry you from room to room because you were too scared, I hand fed you for a month.

Now I can hardly believe you are the same girl, I know you feel safe with us but sometimes your past haunts you. You are so insecure when I pet another dog, don't worry I will never abandon you. Love, Mommy