> ... My boy is very skittish around new people and I have been using this as my explanation for why he doesn't want pets.
makes sense to me, but I'd say more like:
> [[]{}]( (;)
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Do you mean your dog is not accustomed to Japanese people?
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> Also, seeing how most dogs in Japan are from pet shops, how would I explain that he is a rescue dog? I've seen used online to reference a person who adopts a dog, but how do I reference the dog?
I think "rescue(d) dog" is called []{}. (If it's not understood I think you could add that it was a []{}[]{}, "abandoned dog".) So how about...
> or [[]{}[]{}]( or [[]{}[]{}](
> or
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