As I announced over the weekend, Jasper Lily has found her fur-ever home, with me. As if there was ever any doubt (which actually, to me, there was). I was feeling such guilt last week, knowing I had to make a decision since it wasn’t fair to her and all her baggage to make her pack […]

Oh Jasper Lily…. why are you so skittish? You are fearless beast (for the most part) in the front of our apt and our block. Yet we walk 1/2 a mile down a hill, past a barking (yet fenced in) dog and near some cars rushing by and you become a little, shaking, nervous dog. […]

Jasper Lily has been in my apt, my life for one week today. And while I definitely don’t feel anything akin to “love” for her, she is growing on me a little bit. I think last week was just so emotional for me with my spin-a-thon dedicated to Shelby and the events surrounding that and […]

Well Jasper Lily (or just Jasper as I call her) continues to try and make space for herself in my heart. She is really darn cute and everything I wanted on paper for a “new” dog (good with people, good walker, snuggles, plays, likes to go). She hasn’t quite broken down that wall but I do […]

With my heart still raw with emotions,  I am putting my toes back in the water of this thing called “dog ownership”. At first, I figured I would just volunteer for a rescue so I could be around dogs and feel fur between my fingers. Then I started to look on Petfinder and Adopt-a-Pet websites. […]

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