Sometimes people trust the wrong friend. Good dogs, like two-year-old Gamma, usually trust everyone. The person who said that he wanted a dog must have realized that he was getting a great one, in elegant, interested, ready-to-adore Gamma. So, everyone involved would have been smiling, or wagging, as the new person led the Dutch Shepherd mix away.

Two weeks later Gamma was alone, on a rural road, hungry, frightened and in danger of dying. The shelter staff tracked down Gamma’s original owners, people who had, once upon a time, loved her enough to have her spayed and vaccinated.

They said that their lives were changing. They didn’t want Gamma back. Now the shelter staff are looking for someone worthy of this wonderful, under-appreciated dog’s trust.