No matter how prepared you are, every new dog that enters your life will challenge you and teach you more than you could have expected. I picked up my five-year-old lurcher six months ago and when we started our journey together, I thought I knew a thing or two about dogs. It turns out, she was about to take me on a roller coaster ride of discovery, with a few tears along the way and plenty of goofy antics to keep us both entertained.
There are several things you should know before you get a rescue dog and things you can do to help a nervous rescue dog settle in, but here are my main takeaways from the first six months.
