First featured here in October 2015, little Shiba Ofurochan, so named after being rescued after three years of life in a bathtub, has found a new, loving home with the Yoshidas of Tokyo. It was no surprise that Ofurochan — now renamed Yume, and pictured here with Tomoe Yoshida and her children, Takuto and Sara — had no trust of humans. She was starving and, half-crazed, would bite whatever she could.
Then came the Yoshidas, a family truly invested in helping a dog in need, even more so if it was one with issues. Progress has been slow but Yume is warming to what to her must be a very strange new life. Tomoe says: "My daughter said, 'I hope Yume will one day be able to express her happiness.' At this stage, she still doesn't. Her tail comes up slowly and just almost wags."
Yume has brought visible change to the Yoshidas already, however.