We picked up four of them off the side of a highway when they were about 6-weeks old. My husband saw that I planned to keep two and my daughter was keeping two so he jumped in the truck and went to the house that was near the highway. There were five more in the yard. He told the old couple that we had four of their puppies. They told him to keep them because the other five were going to the pound the next day. :-) Mattie’s last sister passed away day before yesterday. She was one my daughter kept. Mattie is the only one of the four left. They have been good dogs. I like mixed breeds. Most are pretty healthy.
It is difficult to describe, but our pets are just MORE than pets. They make our lives fuller. They give back in so many ways it is uncountable. It sounds as though this bunch was an amazing collection of good “pets” which served you...and which you served.