The 18-month-old German Short-Hair Pointer-mix, now named Prairie, is still slender, but she’s no longer starving. Now she’s svelte, not a skeleton with fur. Prairie is also learning to trust people. Everything in her past had taught her that she shouldn’t risk doing that. After all, her person abandoned her near Lloyd’s Wildlife, a place she nearly starved to death.

Surely, looking into Prairie’s gentle, soulful eyes, her human couldn’t have believed the pup had the heart or hunting skills of her wolf ancestors. Prairie’s family traded those skills for affection and companionship long ago.

Miraculously, as only a pup can, Prairie is completely ready to forget that she was betrayed by the first person she loved. She’s eager to be someone’s best friend forever.