John grew up with dogs. I never did but I never spent one day of my life without cats. When the kids were small he said he’d love to get a dog but I had 6 small children to raise and didn’t think could handle one more thing to keep alive. Years later when our cat June was nearing the end of her life I said I was ready, but not until June left us… When she finally passed at the age of 22, I agreed to get a dog. John and I both feel very strongly about rescue (#adoptdontshop) and I found a wonderful organization called pawsafe. I found out about an adoption they were having the following week and we applied for one of the dogs. John took the 6 kids to NY that Saturday morning to pick out our first dog. I purposely did not go because I knew myself well enough to know that I wouldn’t be able to look at those other dogs there and not want to take them all home. So I trusted John to pick out our new sweetheart. They were the first in line that morning and when they went in, they saw ...