a rescue dog? those make the best companions. I found a Lab on the side of the road, about 8 weeks old. Starved to death practically, you could see it's back bone it was so bad. It's right hip was broken. It living under a culvert next to a bridge so I suspect some ass threw it off the bridge to break the hip. Sure can't tell it was ever broke now though. He's my alarm clock, sticks his nose in my ear every morning at 5 am.