Introducing Ajax!

Our first foster dog has arrived. I picked him up Friday night at a vet in Jacksonville where he had just been neutered and vaccinated. First Experience...he peed in my car! Anyway, his name is Ajax. He is a male boxer between 1 and 2 years old. He comes to us from rural south Arkansas. His owner was planning on shooting him if he wasn't taken away by the weekend. Why? Because Ajax is deaf. When I heard the owners intentions, I assumed that the dog wouldn't be in the greatest condition. I was right. The poor thing is pathetic. He is skin and bones and he has intestinal parasites. He has obviously been neglected but we think that he has also been abused. Every time a hand is raised, even for a pat, he cowers. It's worse with Jonathon than with me so it was likely a man who has mistreated him. The poor baby seems to have lost most trust in people. Still, we can see a real sweetheart in his eyes.