I received these emails from Bert's adopting family. He was one of the MO dogs that came from the feral pack. I thought some might be interested in how he is doing.

Hi, I finally got around to getting some pictures of Mr. Bert. I'm attaching them to this e-mail, I hope you can open them. I tried to capture his eyes, but I still think they are more beautiful in real life. Everyone that meets Bert comments on how beautiful his eyes are. He's doing just fine. Fourth of July was interesting. The firecrackers, etc. started in our neighborhood around 4:00 and didn't end til almost midnight. Needless to say, Bert and Abby both were in the house the whole time. Bert's actually ok with most everything as long as he's in the house. Abby had to go down to her hiding place in our lower level (where she goes during thunderstorms). We're still walking 3 miles every morning so Bert's keeping in shape. He still doesn't care much to be outside, prefers to be in the house. You'll see in the picture that he's sitting by the front door, waiting to be let in. That's usually where you can find him if he's outside. He does venture out in the yard some, but never for very long. That's ok with us though, we love having him and if he feels more safe in the house, we're fine with that.

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Hi, Bert is still pretty shy when people come to the house, but it's actually kind of refreshing because Abby gets so excited to see people and can be a little bothersome, especially around people that aren't crazy about dogs (hard to imagine people like that exist, but they do!!). He's much, much better than he was to begin with though. My husband and I were just talking last night about what a great dog he's turned out to be. He's such a little sweetheart, we just love him, and I'm so glad we made the trip to your house to get him.