Crochet Me Crazy

I talked to the owner of the dog this morning. My first question was how long the dog had been missing...she said the dog had been missing since Thursday or Friday. I was hoping she was going to say he had been missing for awhile since the dog was so starved. I didn't mention this fact to her, but I told her that I would keep him if they wanted me to. She said we could have him if we wanted him, but if we decided we didn't want him, they would take him back. He had belonged to an elderly man whom they promised to take care of his dog when he went into the nursing home. At least I know a little more about him now. His name is Old Buck. They said he is deaf and he may have bad teeth....two things I had gathered but now are confirmed. I believe he doesn't see well either but she seemed to think his vision is okay....as you can see in the picture I posted, I think he has cataracts. His behavior isn't correct for a seeing/hearing dog. Either way, I believe he's very happy here and gets along well with our other animals. He won't be running free to get hit by a car. He's catching onto the fact that he is being fed now...the first couple of days he would sorda ignore the offers of food and go scrounging around the yard. Now, when I'm in the kitchen, he's realizing there's food there....much more normal behavior you would expect of a dog! He also has a limp on his back leg. They told me that he was that way when they got him so now I know that it's either aging or an old injury and not something that happened to him since he got lost. The dog has apparently been allowed to run free and would go off and get fed during the day at tourist camps but they said he would come home at night and they fed him table scraps. We'll see if I can manage to get some weight on him. They think he's 10 or 11 years old but he seems older than that to me. He's never been in the house...which I had figured out already as well. That's why he would always stop at the door and not come in unless we invited him. Now, he's coming in on his own. They are going to bring his crate to us some time this week. So yeah...we're keeping Old Buck. I'm sure the old man that he belonged to would be happy to know his dog is going to be loved and taken care of in his twilight years. He's a really sweetie....