this is sandie. we just met today. after she brought me her blue bone, gave me a kiss, sat on the couch by me and gave me her hand, her mom told me she was rescued from a basement down south where she was starved and beaten by a man. she was afraid of deep voices and would lay down and cover her eyes with her paws. i'm glad i didn't know that until after we met and i had already crossed her threshold. i know she smelled a fellow golden and it was an instant knowing.