Carly … My souldog

We shouldn’t have Carly.  I almost didn’t take her.  When I realized we had walked into a puppy mill, I told 12-year-old Matthew that we wouldn’t be taking a puppy.  I had picked him up at a Friday night birthday party, and driven 1.5 hours to Colborne, Ontario to get this pup on July 16, […]

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Chemo 3 done … 13 to go!

I think I deserve a celebration of sorts!  And I didn’t want you to think chemotherapy was all exhaustion and feeling on the verge of vomiting! This round – knock on wood – hasn’t been so bad.  Today is Day 3, which has been the morning I woke up feeling like death warmed over.  But […]

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Annie … My heartdog

Annie was only 8 months old or so when she was rescued from a northern Canadian community and placed into foster care with our dog rescue.  And she was pregnant. January 8, 2015 she gave birth to seven beautiful puppies … but Annie was struggling.  With poor nutrition and no prenatal care, her body wasn’t […]

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