He appeared in the middle of the summer in a village one day, as do all dogs like him.
Frightened, hungry, and alone. Incredibly lonely.
He hid in the tyards of one of the neighborhoods, and went out every night to the tavern, begging from afar, like a ghost. He was caught very easily, with some bread thrown at him by the grandmother who sometimes fed him.
On it he had thousands of ticks, thousands, large and small, and dozens of horseflies.
When he was a stray in the village, he hung out a lot with a dog owner. Neutered her, he didn't. He would go outside her house, she through the yard he outside, and they rejoiced together.
She adored him and waited for him every morning and every afternoon, and he, though wretched, full of ticks and with incredible anemia, dragged his feet twice a day to go find her. When we picked him up from there, the dog waited for him for several days afterwards, and for a day or two he didn't eat, her owners told us.
And we look at him now, who has become incredibly beautiful, recovered, and his body and torso have been tied, and we think, "Boy, I wouldn't eat if I lost you either."
Arnie is a sturdy, serious, self-confident dog, and this confidence is passed on to the few dogs he hangs out with. Eve with whom he is together in the cage adores him, and he is with her a gentleman.
He respects her tremendously, and has helped her gain confidence in a way. She's a bit phobic, and it's like she has a rock stable and reliable next to her. And if we had to describe him as a dog in two words, that's what we would choose. Stable and reliable.
It is a serious animal. He will not make you crazy joys once he sees you, nor will he ignore you. He'll look at you with that incredibly deep look, he'll go for a walk with you (as we call it, you won't take him for a walk, he'll go with you), and that's how you'll coexist the first time after you take him home.
With calmness, cooperation, and stability.
Since the day he came, he hasn't soiled his cage once - we only clean it of dust and nothing else, and we've heard his voice once, maybe twice.
He passes between dogs freely without even turning to look at them, he is by no means reactionary, not with farm animals, not with people, not with anything, he exists in this world knowing exactly who he is.
He is vaccinated, neutered and healthy.
