In Hawaii, an animal lover named Ariana was driving home with her husband Gabriel when she saw a dog on the roadside. She stopped the car, but the dog ran to hide in the woods.
She and Gabriel tried to look for her. When they saw her, she was very wary and hesitant to go near them.
Ariana noticed that the dog was very skinny, so she asked Gabriel to get a hamburger. She would try to gain her trust with food. The dog ate from her hand, but she was not able to touch or hold her. She could not grab her because she had no collar.
For three months, Ariana and Gabriel kept going back to the woods to feed her twice a day. The dog recognized them, but she still would not let them touch her. She even followed them when they would go hiking, so they started calling her Betsy. However, she would not get too close.
They were not making much progress, so they had to set up a trap to catch her. At first, Ariana stayed in the far corner of the cage to try to lure Betsy inside. However, the dog was wary and would not go in.
For several days, they kept leaving food in the cage as bait. They closed the door when Betsy went all the way inside. At first, she panicked, but she eventually calmed down. Ariana called the officer from the humane society to pick her up.
The couple already had four dogs. Ariana was not so sure that they could keep Betsy, but she had grown attached to her. They talked it over and agreed that she would be the last one that they would adopt.
Ariana knew that Betsy would need time to get used to living with a family. The other dogs helped her feel more comfortable in her new home. Before long, she was doing zoomies in the yard. Betsy was happy and contented with her life.
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