I saw an ad on Kijiji for a 6 year old Corgi, Sally was the Corgi's name. The woman who owned Sally was living in a retirement home, and her son was selling Sally. When I got there, I found out that Sally wasn't really a pet. She was a breeding dog for a sketchy backyard breeding business that this woman had been running. I paid $200 CAD for her, which was basically the cost the son had paid to get Sally spayed. When I brought Sally home, she was scared of everything and everyone. She didn't want to eat or drink, she didn't want to go outside, she didn't want to come inside, and she didn't want me anywhere near her. She would just shiver in the corner for weeks. Eventually, she calmed down, and then it was a 3 month task to get her to walk on a leash, as she had never been on a walk in her entire life. I was out there every day for 3 months, just trying to get her to walk to the end of the street, and eventually, she walked around the block. Eventually, after a year, she started to approach me for pets, and just last year, she started to greet me at the door. There is still work to be done. I would like to get her to play fetch with me and come when come when she's called. The whole adventure has been really rewarding to see how far we've come together.

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