Jasper Lily has been with me about 7 weeks now and while it has not been easy (there are still more days than I want to admit that I wish she was a different dog), she has brought a lot of laughter and smiles back to my little beach apt. I firmly believe, day in and out, that […]

Oh Jasper Lily … the world isn’t that scary and life would be so much more fun if you were able to embrace it! I truly believe Jasper is part cat – she literally will go hide and I have NO clue where she is. She can skinny herself under lots of furniture that doesn’t […]

How has it been five weeks already?  I think Jasper Lily has finally unpacked her baggage and feels comfortable and confident that this is her fur-ever home (which of course it is). She seems to have embraced her life here and has her routine (which is clearly important to her) and seems genuinely happy. I […]

Wow… a month already?!? I cannot believe Jasper Lily has been under my care for one whole month. I still remember a month ago at this time, preparing for the two hour drive to Orange County to meet Jasper (aka Julia, aka Coyoyita). As I was driving there I do remember an intense feeling of dread […]

How is it possible that we are at week number three with Jasper Lily? It feels like she has been a part of my world so much longer (and tomorrow marks the three month mark that my best girl, Shelby, became an angel). Time feels like it’s flying by yet my heart still aches for the “love […]

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. […]