May I introduce you to Tommi?
Once upon a time someone thought "Ohhhh, he's so cute!" and brought him home. This someone had not the slightest clue how to train dogs. This someone also had a violent husband or partner, who thought that hitting a dog was the proper way to train him. After 6 months both of these someones thought "He behaves badly and he isn't cute anymore, let's tie him to someone's fence and be rid of him".
That's how he found his way to us and why I answer so many questions about dogs behaving badly. I was forced to learn a lot about dogs body language, anxiety, aggression and training in a short time because of him.
Now he's an old chap, much calmer than before and going blind and I still learn new things to make his life as happy as possible.
Update: after becomming completely blind he struggled more and more with his everyday life, like getting lost in the house, running into obstacles or being unable to find his water bowl. We came to the difficult decision to lay him to rest on 15.05.2022.
Next we have Jessie, our diva and currently my (home) office cat:
She goes out of her way to actually duck away under my hand when I try to pet her most of the time, but she loves to "hunt" the treats I throw for her.