The dog was already waiting at the shelter door when staff arrived that morning, as if he’d walked himself there in the night and decided this was his last shot. His fur was matted in clumps, one ear nicked, eyes rimmed red with that mix of fear and hope only abandoned animals seem to carry. When the volunteer knelt to scan his neck, the handheld reader beeped almost instantly. A microchip. An owner. A story behind those dark, searching eyes.
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