Every dog is a good boy or girl, no matter their breed, age, or the way they look. And every dog deserves to be called a good boy or girl every day.

What if I told you some dogs never hear those magical words? It’s pretty heartbreaking, isn’t it?

It’s even more heartbreaking to see them react the way Bear did when he first heard someone tell him he was a good boy.

Bear truly was a good boy. He just lived with the wrong people who never told him how much they appreciated him. Bear’s life was too sad, but being surrendered to the shelter did not mean it would get worse.

In fact, Bear’s future became a bit brighter when he ended up with the Animal Friends Of The Valleys in Wildomar, California, where he finally heard those sweet words: You’re a good boy, Bear.

It’s The First Time Someone Told Him He’s Good

When someone constantly says you are something, you kind of start believing you are. Bear was never told anything sweet. He was always tossed to the corner, yelled at, and told he was worthless. And Bear started feeling like that.

When rescuers first found him, he was at a nearby Wildomar Chick-fil-A, roaming for food outside their garbage bins. He was severely malnourished, terribly neglected, and desperate for some love.

Bear was a dog with a broken spirit. If only someone could restore the smile back on his face.

At the shelter, things went kinda rough, and Bear started feeling even more depressed. When you end up in a room full of dogs sharing a similar destiny, you don’t end up being too happy about it. You end up being worried if the misery will ever end.

Fortunately for this gorgeous Vizsla boy, things weren’t that dark. When you’re at the bottom, the only way is up toward improvement and the sunshine. Rocky Kanaka came along, and Bear felt a shift in the universe promising him better days.

Bear was another dog that ended up in Rocky’s project, “Sitting With Dogs.” This is a nice idea that helps nervous dogs with traumatic pasts desensitize, resocialize, and heal, one step at a time.