Hearts Break Over Beautiful Blonde (a yellow lab)

The Albuquerque Journal ^ | Mon, Feb 20, 2012 | Joline Gutierrez Krueger

[CedarDave]

Tasha is a beautiful blonde, friendly, maybe too friendly and too hard to resist with that wet nose, those paws big as pot pies.

Rachel Herring couldn’t. She’s loved Tasha since she was a 7-week-old butterball, a purebred yellow Labrador retriever who has been Herring’s constant companion for the past seven years.

“She’s my best friend,” Herring said. “We do everything together. She has always been there for me.”

Had always been there.

On Dec. 7, Tasha disappeared from her kennel at Herring’s home in the East Mountains.

Tasha had never before escaped. Herring had never before dealt with a missing dog. It broke her heart.

Later that month and some 30 miles west in Albuquerque, Cindy Hill was looking to heal her own broken heart. Her beloved dog had died the month before, and she was ready to find a new companion at the city Animal Welfare kennels.

A yellow Lab caught her eye. The dog had been held for the requisite seven days and was freed for adoption.

Hill and husband, Mark, chose her, took her home and fell in love. They named her Tess.

Tess, you may have guessed, is Tasha.

[Kittykattjh]

I am sorry I could not answer as to whether it was “ required as part of the mediation she has agreed to” or “Was she required to post it in the newspaper or on the internet?”. The statement known as “Exhibit A” is all that I or Rachel Herring can say regarding this subject.

[mel]

I clicked on your name to see what the picture meant and had some good laughs. ha ha that by ottbmare was hilarious and so perfect. Thanks