Some dogs touch your life in a way that keeps them in your heart forever. BooBoo was one of those dogs. We first got to know her when she’d been sitting in a shelter for more than six months, watching visitors walk past without seeing her, or hurrying away in fright as she barked and […]
Life doesn’t always make sense. And I’m finding that death doesn’t either. Jade was only one and one-half years old, and had already lived through hardships that would have crippled the best of us. But I don’t want to talk about the tough life she had. I want to talk about the joy she brought […]
“She’s a shelter dog.” “I’m not sure what he is – just a shelter dog.” And then my favorite: “I don’t know if I’d ever adopt a shelter dog. You don’t know what you’re getting.” Shelter dogs get a lot of bad PR – some breeds worse than others – so let’s clarify something right […]
When you lose a dog, how long should you wait to get another? If you’ve been there, you know. You know losing a dog is like losing your friend, your family and your right arm … all in one. More than one person has told me that losing their dog was more traumatic than when […]