Xzavier the Shy Black Lab

We adopted “Xzavier, the shy Black Lab” about 6 weeks ago. We renamed him “Hogan”. At first he was quite shy and scared. We kept things quiet because we realized if we were joking around and being loud, it scared him. We already had a lot of dog toys around the house and at first he started to hoard toys. He would find a toy, and bring it to the bed where he lays and put it beside the bed. After a few hours, there was a big circle of toys around his bed! After a couple weeks, he is no longer shy and he doesn’t hoard toys anymore. At first we thought he couldn’t bark! After about 2 weeks he let out one bark when my son was leaving. I texted everyone “Hogan barked!” Now he barks quite a bit, especially when playing with our other dog. What a sweetie! He is so smart and funny. I now understand the bumper sticker “who rescued who?”