Ginger had clearly been horribly abused and mutilated by a previous owner who cut off half his ears with scissors.

 Ginger had clearly been horribly abused and mutilated by a previous owner who cut off half his ears with scissors. The jagged edges of the wounds had healed, but for a long time, Ginger had a terror of scissors. When I approached him with scissors in my hand to cut mats from his fur, he whimpered in terror. When I tossed a ball for Ginger to play, he was terrified, thinking he was getting stoned again. When he saw me holding a stick-like object, he cowered in the expectation of getting beaten. And yet, despite his horrible experience with humans, Ginger was willing to give his love and trust to a human. He chose me and opened up to me completely. (It took a year before he overcame his fear of scissors, though.)

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