by kelly | Jul 30, 2022 | Daily Courier, Dogs & Cats
We knew we were on borrowed time. There’s an unwritten agreement when you take a dog into your home, someday they will break your heart. If you’re lucky, like we were, you’ll get almost 14 years of joy as part of the deal. Chipper was two when we adopted him. I was...
by kelly | Apr 24, 2021 | Daily Courier, Dogs & Cats, Hospice & End Of Life
He was supposed to be a puppy. At least that’s what I’d been looking for when I drove into the Humane Society parking lot. We’d been without a dog since our Canada move two years earlier and somehow the cats were winning 3-0 at home. That’s what happens when a dog gal...
by kelly | Mar 27, 2021 | Daily Courier, Dogs & Cats
I have a soft spot in my heart for old dogs. We’ve lived here long enough that the young pups who used to jump and pull hard on their leashes when we walked by with our dogs have now mellowed into gray-faced dignitaries who sit quietly while their humans talk for a...
