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We found him alone and wet in a remote village, covered in sawdust. He bit one of us before he chose to calm down, and by the end of the day he was asking for cuddles.
His name is a nod to the actor Samuel L. Jackson, and to how he screamed the moment we started the car.
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It was a long, cloudy day, and we had traveled halfway across the country to reach a remote village full of farm animals and stray dogs. We arrived near the village's marketplace, and from there we set out on foot to search the yards and sheds around it.
We soon saw clear signs of dogs, including food and water that the villagers had left out. Then we heard a noise. We followed it down an overgrown path to a corner stacked with old logs, and there he was, covered in sawdust. He was alone, wet and scared.
When we reached for him, he was protective and afraid at the same time, and one of us came away with a bite. Then he seemed to understand that we meant him no harm. He chose to calm down. A little later he was sitting close beside our rescuer, and we could take him with us.
The moment we started the engine, he began to scream. He did not like the car moving, and we stayed with him until he calmed down again. On the long way back his behavior began to change, and before long he was lying across one of our laps, letting us stroke his head.
Our first stop was the vet. Other customers were waiting ahead of us, and the puppy who had screamed in the car spent those few moments playing and hiding under a counter until it was finally our turn. The news was good. He was healthy, though he had lots of fleas and ticks, and we bought all the medicine to treat him.
After a whole day on the road, it was time for a walk outside and a meal. He was hungry enough to earn an extra portion, and when that bowl was empty too, he licked the hand that had filled it. Earlier that day, he had bitten one of us.
When we got back, another dog came to welcome us and met him nose to nose. The introductions had to wait, though. It was time for a bath, first in the sink and then on the shower floor, and he behaved very well while we washed the long day out of his coat.
Dinner was waiting for him on a soft blanket, and once his belly was full he wanted cuddles, and he got them. That same day we had found him among the old logs, alone, wet and covered in sawdust. Now he lay clean and fed, with one of our hands resting on his head. When we filmed his story, we were looking for a family for him.
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