Imagine you’re 90-years-old and for your entire life, you’ve known only one home, one family, and one routine. Suddenly, you find yourself in a new home, with new people and an entirely new environment to adjust to. Meet Cocoa, the mellowest of chocolate Labs. She’s 14 years old and with the recent passing of her […]
Long ago in a shelter far, far away … I’d just taken Teddy out for a long walk — and by long, I mean it took a lot of time although we didn’t cover much distance. Teddy was an older dog, a “senior.” A lovely shepherd mix whom we guessed was about 10 years old. […]
“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 […]