Friends
More days had passed and James and the dog were becoming good friends. Even his parents were starting to warm up to the animals, although they still had no idea where they came from. They told James that they should eventually take the dog to a shelter to see if it used to belong to someone.
James doubted that this dog was owned by anyone else in the past. There was no collar on it when he found the dog and he was pretty beaten up. In his mind, there was no doubt that this animal was a stray. Now he had been able to give it a proper home and some love.