A little girl found Kai and instantly named him as she came out of the 
bowling alley ahead of her parents. This huge beautiful animal was wandering 
around in back and she just blurted out "here Kai." He came right to her with 
his head lowered and just sort of butted up against her to receive some 
apparently much needed love. I can imagine the parents surprise when they 
came out and found this tiny little girl petting this huge dog that looked 
like a wolf. He surprisingly had a collar on with no identification. I can't 
imagine anyone not wanting this wonderful animal, but that is apparently 
exactly what happened. 
      Kai was boarded at a veterinarian clinic where my Debbie worked. She 
fell in love with him the moment he walked in the door. It was impossible for 
the little girl's parents to keep Kai because they lived on a busy street and 
had no yard for him. (more on that later). Kai wound up orphaned and with no 
place to go. 
      I should have known something was up when Debbie came home from work 
crying and I had no idea why. She was broken hearted over this wonderful 
animal not having a home and he was just so sweat. Debbie took me for a ride 
and wouldn't tell me where we were going because I had taken a stand of "NO 
DOGS" in our new house. I guessed where we were going on the way though and 
had been secretly warming up to the idea of having a dog in the house. 
      I can't say it was love at first sight, you see I have always been 
afraid of dogs, but the minute I saw Kai I knew he had a soul and I couldn't 
leave him in the heartless way that I would have to in order to "stand my 
ground," on the dog in the house issue. But there was just something about 
him. 
      We agreed to board Kai for the weekend pending the usual tests run by 
the clinic for worms, flea's, heart worm ect. I noticed he was having rather 
severe nose bleeds all weekend and suspected the worst. My suspicions were 
correct and his tests came back positive for heart worm. 
      I was a little intimidated by his size and the way he talked. I 
initially mistook his talking as growling. I was very ignorant where dogs 
were concerned because I never thought I would have one being afraid of them 
as I was. He scared me. He was so big. I was chased by a pack of dogs as a 
small kid and never really got over that. I am now 43. Something strange has 
happened to me in all this though. I am no longer afraid of dogs, huh imagine 
that. And I mean any dog. everything else just looks like a runt. 
      The wonderful parents of the little girl had the means to pay for the 
treatments and in fact did so without reserve. They loved him as much as 
Debbie and I did and couldn't understand how someone could just let him go. 
      We suspect that the previous owners whoever they are just plain could 
not afford the steep price of the heart worm treatments and left him go 
possibly to save him, possibly because they loved him and hoped the best for 
him. We have put adds in the paper describing his purple collar that he had 
on without a response of any kind. Its been almost 10 months now. 
      Kai is by far the best dog I have ever had and can't imagine a day 
without him now. Kai is doing well now and is very healthy and very very 
happy living here with Debbie and I. He is so much a part of our family and 
such a good dog. I really think he is smart enough to know that he was saved 
by some very very special people and I think he knows he came very close to 
dying and is just very grateful. 
      I am very grateful, thank you God for bringing this big Kai into my 
life. He is truly, truly wonderful and I love him with all my heart. He is my 
best friend. 
      I would also like to say thank you to the parents of the little girl. 
You are very rare in todays world and we owe you much.