:PROFILE [image:https://slatesource-media.s3.amazonaws.com/a/9/1/a915c65c-eab6-46d3-b1bc-e29f3f5732f3.webp?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20260713T000621Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6PWPI77XKVCG2MNW%2F20260713%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Expires=21600&X-Amz-Signature=b9ba80829cb512b182e40fc6e90d9efb958cac81ffc7b4994dad1fa85e831f1d]
Luna
Manchester, England
Best guess a shepherd and collie mix. Shelter to sofa since 2 February 2025. 

:INFO
The Day Everything Changed for Both of Us
The listing said eighteen months old, found as a stray, good with people once she trusts them. The kennel said she had been passed over four times. She pressed herself into the back corner and would not look up. We sat on the floor of that cold room for an hour and did not ask anything of her. Eventually she put her chin on my knee. That was the whole decision, made for us.


:MOMENT
2 February 2025
The car ride home. She shook until the third roundabout, then fell asleep on my coat and did not wake until the driveway.

:TIMELINE
🐾 First day, and every day after
2025-02-01 | Day one. Would not take a treat from a hand. Ate it only when we walked away.
2025-04-01 | First tail wag in the kitchen. We both pretended it was not a big deal. It was.
2025-08-01 | Learned that the sofa was allowed. Has since decided the sofa is mostly hers.
2026-01-01 | Now waits at the window every evening. The dog who expected nothing expects us.

:GALLERY [displaystyle:travel]

:QUOTE [quotetype:plain, subtitle:Luna's family]
People say we rescued her. Anyone who has met her knows exactly who rescued whom.