Bear was one of the few dogs that I feel I let down.  He was dreadfully afraid of this world.  Whatever was done to him, we will never know.  However, we know that he was the sweetest little guy once he knew you were not going to hurt him.  He had absolutely no fear agression, as I learned quickly by breaking the rules and crawling in with him when he was hiding before the rescue transport.  Despite my invasion of his space, he just rolled over and offered me his paw, and we were good after that.  Its always strange in this world that those whom we knew so briefly often change our lives so dramatically.

So many wonderful people helped Bear, and I will try to update this to reflect all of the people who went to the extra mile and beyond for Bear.  Bear finally found a great loving home with a sweet, patient couple who adopted him into their quiet home on a residential col de sac.  They adored Bear, and he finally had his own little place.  Tragically, Bear ran out one night and never returned.  His family searched for him desperately and recruited friends and family to help find Bear.  Sadly, animal control called me with news that devestated me.  Because I could not compose myself, I had to rely on Becca to call Bear's family and let them know of the sad news.  A very sincere animal control officer helped recover Bear from a wooded area adjacent to a road where he had been hit by a car and killed instantly.  The officer helped Bear's family lay him to rest in their backyard where he will always rest in peace under a dedicated memorial in the only place in this world where he was given a short sanctuary from what had been a cruel world until he was rescued.  It has taken me a long time to write anything about Bear, and my heart goes out to his wonderful family who offered Bear a loving, understanding, and patient home.  We are all too sorry that Bear only knew of love in his final months of what was too short of a fearful life for a dog that did not have a bad bone in his tiny little body.  Like many of us, I only wish we could have done more to help Bear and pray that he is truly finally at peace now.