Dahab

Dahab: The Golden Heart with a Habit of “Borrowing”.

Meet Dahab, the latest official member of our family and our resident “teenager.” I first spotted her in September 2025 when she was just a four-month-old pup, looking small and confused on the streets. While she was curious about me, she was trapped in a “fear circle” that took nearly three weeks of patience, liver treats, and whispered encouragements to break.

The breakthrough happened one morning while I was feeding Tommy. I looked down, and there she was — standing right beside me, ready for her first head scratch. I worried our Alpha, Tommy, might be grumpy about a newcomer, but he just looked at her and seemed to say, “It’s okay, she’s with me.” Since that day, they’ve been inseparable.

Dahab has brought a hilarious new energy to the mechanic’s yard. Like any teenager, she’s gone through a bit of a “rebel phase,” which mostly involves her becoming the neighborhood’s most adorable thief! From plastic bottles and food plates to the mechanic’s towels and even his flip-flops — if it’s on the ground, Dahab thinks it’s her new toy. I have to explain to the neighbors that she’s just “teething,” and every week I do a “recycling round” to collect all the plates she’s hidden!

Underneath her mischievous side, Dahab is incredibly gentle. She has become the pack’s unofficial nurse; if Tommy or Jack have a scratch or a wound, Dahab is right there to lick them clean and keep them company. She was officially fixed and vaccinated in November 2025 and is now a healthy, happy girl who lives for a plate of liver and chicken. She reminds us that sometimes, the best treasures are the ones you find waiting for you on the corner.