When my husband and I were first married, we weren’t entirely sure what to do with all of our spare time. We filled it by binge-watching sitcoms before that was even a popular thing to do, and we also consumed ourselves with work. It didn’t take long before my husband mentioned that perhaps we ought to get a dog. We were both compassionate and giving people by nature, and a dog would fit in well with our need to help others and share love. Plus, it was great practice for when we were ready to start a family of our own! We got Pablo, a five-year-old rescue Bichon Frise, in October of 2008 and we had five glorious years of spoiling him rotten. He had a special song for dinnertime, special T-shirts that matched mine, and
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