It’s been four years since I caught Viktor the second time. He has been my prisoner for four years now. He does seem happier sometimes. He will play with the dogs a little, and he wags his tail when all of the dogs are swarming around him. When we go for long walks, I just let him sniff everything, and I do work on my phone so that the 45 minutes of walking slowly and standing and waiting wouldn’t be a complete waste. Not that walking with Viktor would be a waste of time, but I don’t have 45 minutes every day to do nothing. Anyway, I get some work done, and Viktor stares off into space or smells some things. He does not lead a very exciting life. I don’t really have any games I can play with him. He seems to like being petted okay, but he doesn’t request it, the way the other dogs do. In four years, Viktor hasn’t made a lot of progress, but he has made a little. He’s not dead in a ditch, which, I hope he views that as progress. We will keep working on him, and hopefully someday he will enjoy normal dog things.
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James Branson
Principal at Three Retrievers Lost Pet Rescue, volunteer at Useless Bay Sanctuary, author of A Voice for the Lost Archives
December 2019
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