Meet Frodo, who adopted us last month.

In July, he was one of several dogs keeping company with an abandoned female who was in heat. The pack of dogs often passed back and forth in front of our house until she became pregnant. Then, all of them but Frodo lost interest and went elsewhere. Frodo stayed with her.

We began putting food outside the front gate for the two. We knew none of our neighbors was likely to take any pity on the two homeless strays. Both came by to eat a couple of times a day but wouldn't let us get anywhere near them. They were constant companions until the female delivered (only) one puppy.

The female holed up about 400 yards up the road in the shed of an old abandoned stone house with the puppy and Frodo wasn't welcome anymore. He kept coming by here to eat, though, and got friendlier with us.

We were taking food to the female every day and Frodo would walk back and forth with us. He eventually wormed his way into the yard and soon convinced us to let him adopt us.

So what happened to the female and puppy? CLICK HERE to find out.