Terrified Penny Jane; brassy but filthy Dixie Lou; tough-guy Dingo; and the crazed, nippy jester, Walter Joe. These are not your average cute-and-cared-for, well-trained pups these are shelter dogs. Scared, aggressive, so painfully shy that they can t look you in the eye, they have languished so long without attention that they are slipping into a dark place, and soon will no longer be able to bond with people.