WOW ! Chico-The-Man was off his chain. He’s likes me ! I never knew that Boxer and Buddy had all these friends. Chico said he took awhile to get use to Buddy. Chico said that he thought the dog mom got rid of Boxer but then Boxer came around and told Chico he blew out his knee and needed surgery last year.

I wonder what is going to happen to my baby-baby sister. . .she was only 4 weeks old when she came to live with Cupcake and myself. . . .

I have learned three new commands in the last three days: “Settle Down”, “Halt” and “Heel”. . .I am a quick learner; I like going to school. Boxer and Buddy and I have bonded – we haven’t played together just did a lot of communications. I have never been told I was a Good Boy while walking. I like this dog mom – she is nice.

Boxer tells me, he gave a big long pee in front of Congo; Boxer said it got his attention after 30 seconds – even I am impressed – and then Boxer scratched. Buddy came out of the gate ready to rumble; my money is on Buddy – he’s built like a Sherman tank and comes up like a submarine torpedo – yeah, they’re my homies.

I hope Cupcake is OK and I wonder what kind of new friends I am going to meet at Auntie Lori’s DOWNTOWN DOG RESCUE’s Place.

Damien’s first full week was a good one at our kennel. He started off very fearful and would not come out of his dog igloo at all, the first day. The mistake that I made was not putting a Martingale collar on him when I picked him up from Jo’s house and not leaving a 6 ft leash on him.

The good news is that although he was not happy with me touching him and handling him at first, Damien is a good boy! Even though he was fearful, no attempts at biting me or growling, no aggression. He still needs to go to the vet to be neutered and of course, make a plan for his blind eye. We are not sure what the vet is going to decide to do about his eye but it doesn’t look like he is in any pain now. He is clearly still getting used to seeing the world through one good eye. I can’t imagine that horrible dog fight that he endured when he lost his eye and the scars on his face that still remain make me sad when I look at his sweet face.

He sure has forgiven dogs but he has not forgotten. He is often tentative when meeting the new dogs at our kennel but quickly made friends with Chasui, Sasha and Pearl in the play yard. We keep Damien between the two kennel catch gates or in his crate so that he can watch and listen to the dogs playing as a pack. Surprisingly, Simon loved him and no one in our pack growled or really paid a lot of attention to Damien through the gate, not even the Blue Devil AKA Edwina or Freeway, both very tough when it comes to accepting new dogs.

Each morning, I see Damien, at his gate, wagging his tail, waiting for his breakfast. He is eager to get out of his run and go run around in the yard. He enjoys his walks, we took a nice long walk up to the 6th Street Bridge, over to Alameda and back to the kennel on Sunday morning. I am confident that once we get his medical needs addressed and he recovers, he is going to LOVE playing with all of our dogs, going to the park and hopefully, to Petco every Saturday, no small challenge for a pit bull.

This is a boy who has survived so much and has only kindness and gentleness to give back to his new owner. Please consider adopting Damien or tell a friend about how special this dog is!