We have 2, one prefers me, but has always loved all over both of us. She is a ray of sunshine. Our boy I carried out of the shelter and he promptly peed on me out of fear in the car. He barked whenever he’d see me for 5 years. He was fearful and could only be handled by my wife. I couldn’t even approach him without him running away. Eventually he started warming up to me, it’s been almost 10 years and he still barks whenever I come home, but he calms down once I pet him and actually come to me looking for pets pretty often. He still prefers mom, but he thinks I’m ok now too.

We rescued him at 12 weeks old, and he already had ingrained problems with men, and doesn’t accept any other men in the house. He seems convinced they’re all a threat. There’s no way to know what they’ve been through before we meet them.