A stray Husky/Hound cross, about 2 years old, was taken in by a good Samaritan who then asked Home Again to find him a forever home.   His adopters have loved him for 2 months now, and they say this:

“We were both so surprised by how he took to the city. (Captain is a rural rescue animal.) Aside from the occasional huge truck rumbling by he seemed completely unfazed by the noise or the bustle, and now even that doesn’t make him blink. The meeting with the cats went smoothly and it’s clear that the smallest one out of the two is now the boss, and they all share the bed when the cats aren’t stealing his dog bed.

So far he’s been on a boat, in a pool, to 4 beaches (his favourite we think), for many hikes in the woods, on subways and city buses and to just about every park in the city. He’s a huge baby who always worms in for a cuddle and no matter if we’re out for an hour to run errands or a few more to see a movie, he always greets us like it’s been years.

After a lot of disinterest in many toys he finally took to a tennis ball and we’ve moved from that to the more durable, chewable type for dogs because he can take the normal kind (and a huge softball he once found) apart in minutes. He sleeps with the ball and carries it back from playing fetch in the park rather proudly. We have him off leash in the park and on the beach and he always sticks close unless it’s to meet another dog or investigate a smell, but he’ll stop and wait for us if he gets too far ahead.

So far he’s never met a person he doesn’t like and is disinterested in the dogs that run right up to him sticking their noses at him unabashed – he seems rather polite in that sense – and has made some friends he tears around with at the park. One is actually his age and nearly identical, except she’s a hound mix about half his size.

All in all he’s everything we could have ever wanted and a hundred times more. It’s been so fun getting to know him, figuring out all the ways he’s incredibly bright (but will hide it at appropriate times) and funny and laid back and just a loveable goofball. He was even described as “educated” by a man on the subway once and we definitely can’t take all the credit for that.

Thank you so much for letting us take Captain home, I really can’t imagine life without him.