I appear to have made friend with a stray dog. He's been coming around a lot lately for about three weeks and everyone feeds this damn thing. He's getting good and fat and that's probably why he keeps coming around.
Not sure what kind of dog he is, I assume he's a mixed breed of some kind. Big old guy, he is. He stands to about the middle of my thighs when he's on all fours.
Anyway, he hasn't let anyone get near him, not that many try. A wild dog of that size is not one to play around with, but we all still throw him scraps we saved from our meals.
But he came around yesterday and was wandering around everyone looking for food when he decided he wanted to play. He starts trotting all over the place... and heck if he didn't come to me and jump up on me! He was licking me and wanting me to scratch him, we even played fetch for a little while with a rolled up towel (that he promptly walked off with when he was done playing).
I come out this morning and he's sitting there at the entrance wagging his tail when I came out. He followed me to the bathroom, then waited while I went to eat, then followed me all over for about an hour. He still won't let anyone touch him, except for me. And he appears to have gotten protective of me, too. If someone comes near me he starts growling.
I'm not sure why this dog latched onto me. But it worries me. I was already told not to get attached because when I go home he cannot, under any circumstances, come back home with me. And the boss man isn't fond of him being around anyway, mostly because the dog isn't all the friendly and he's afraid of it biting someone.
We named him Ragtag. We're still going to work on getting him to be friendlier with us, but at the same time we don't really want to domesticate him, either. Once we're gone, he's on his own again unless we talk the next group into throwing him scraps, too. And I'm sure they will. But still.
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