Help "Shadow" Get Home

Pupdate: Day Four

Well, we seem to have found the flaw in Shadow. Guess it couldn't all be good, huh? Along with being incredibly smart, Shadow is also apparently high anxiety. He very much dislikes being left alone, and if left alone for too long may self-destruct. And, in the process of that self-destruction he may also destroy anything not tied down or built into the home. RIP blinds in the laundry room.

So, yeah, if we don't find his owners whoever takes this handsome guy is in for quite an undertaking, because he desperately needs training. And if I'm honest, I'm about 99% sure he'd Houdini himself out of any kennel and record time.

We also learned through a cursory examination by our neighbor's partner that shadow is much younger than we expected, and not fully grown. He is already massive, at least 80 to 90 lb. And if he's going to get bigger, that means he's going to be very expensive and we suspect typical fences will not hold him in.

But it's not all bad news. We also learned that he will not kill cats. He does like to chase after them but we're not sure if it's a prey drive thing or a hey come play with me I need attention I'm lonely I'm lonely oh dear God I'm so lonely kind of thing. We still have an introduced him to the dogs.

Tomorrow, Shadow may go to a home in McKinney. This would be his potential forever home if we are unable to find his family and if they're able to handle his special kind of crazy. Hopefully, we'll still be passing along updates for a while.