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By Sanjo Vita Fay Mokotow-den Hartog

THE GIFT OF LOVE

Elk (formally Tikaani) stumbled into our lives and hearts they were inseparable and I knew he would be a
in time for Christmas 2021. After the loss of my dog foster fail, low and behold two weeks later we
Bird late last year my other dog Mish was left grieving officially adopted him.
without her companion. Thinking we were not ready to
adopt another dog anytime soon, I happened to hear Coming from a hoarding situation alongside many
about the massive rescue mission of nearly 100 dogs other Husky and Husky mixes, he has blown us
confined to a single property. Already having previously away with how he has adopted a completely
adopted from Monika, where many of them landed, I foreign society in which he coexists alongside
didn’t hesitate to put in an application to foster one of humans and their strange modes of transportation.
these gorgeous dogs. Hoping that Mish (now 12) would He previously had almost no human contact, so
accept someone new, Monika let her come and meet everyday interactions with people including spoken
some of these latest arrivals. As soon as Mish met Elk, cues, tone and gestures were alien to him.