Original Article: https://blog.theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com/rescue-story-griffon/

The following story was submitted in the Pawsitively Picture Perfect photo contest. The top three finishers received $500 in cash, as well as $2,000 in cash and supplies for their favorite shelter. To read more stories, click here!

Griffon is a silly dog!

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PHOTO: KATHLEEN COLEMAN

He loves people and being petted, but he has no idea how to play with toys! He’ll run around and jump, but no clue what the toys are for!

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He also gets so excited he’ll hit himself in the face with his own tail!

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PHOTO: KATHLEEN COLEMAN

He was brought to a lab rescue place where he waited a long time for someone to come and take him home because he’s shy and he was afraid of everything. All we know for sure is he was a street dog in Mexico, and he was a little sick before he was put up for adoption. He’s got a few scars from his time on the streets of Nogales, but all he needed was someone to love to bring out the goofiness.

But toys still confuse him. He enjoys hanging out in the living room with his best human friends, or lazing about the yard with his cat buddy, Stripes. I sometimes call them Dante and Pepito, after the alebrijes in “Coco.”

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PHOTO: KATHLEEN COLEMAN

This story was submitted by Kathleen Coleman in support of Arizona Animal Welfare League and SPCA. To read other stories from the Pawsitively Picture Perfect photo contest, click here!

Source: The Animal Rescue Site Blog