Shift the dog

Everyone thinks I stole this dog
as if a dog has no mind of his own
I remember when he first came by
this strange beautiful being he was
pulling a chain with a wooden log
freed himself from some post
I had no idea who he was then
or who he was to become to me
years later I recalled my vision
realized it was him I saw then
he walked into my life unnoticed
I gave up taking him home again
now he sleeps under my boat
and refuses to eat wild salmon
he is an Ontario dog for sure
He is my guardian spirit and I
do not own or ever will own him
Like me he is a free wild soul