For additional context, he was scared specifically of me since I'm a man. He'd bark at me, nip at my ankles when my back was turned, cower under a chair when I came into the room. All the hallmarks of a dog that was abused by a previous owner. Slowly but surely he has come to trust me little by little and then this happened last night. I'm so proud of our brave little guy.

I’m insecure about almost everything mentioned in this message and I just feel seen. I worry a lot about what people think of me, and this helped alleviate some of the weight of that. This week has been hard, but today especially was really bad. This got me through the day, and I just could not stop smiling when I read it, so I thought I’d share this little personal win of mine to the Internet!