As someone who cares deeply about animal rescue, one question has stayed with me for a long time. Why do some dogs seem to completely shut down after arriving at a shelter?
People often point to the obvious explanations, the constant noise, the tight spaces, the unfamiliar surroundings. Yet plenty of dogs experience those same conditions and still manage to keep a spark of hope. That realization led me to another possibility.
Sometimes the real wound is much simpler…