Almost seven years ago Scott and I went to the pound in search of a new puppy for Scott’s ten-year-old dog, Jasper. There she was, a beautiful black and white puppy, waiting for a family. She was with her brother in a kennel - they had been abandoned in a local park together. Someone found them in a box (in the park) and took them into the pound - where we found our Ebony! She was the best thing we ever did for Jasper - not only did he get someone to play with, he got a life long confidant. They were a fit - like two puzzle pieces coming together. When we took Ebony with us on vacation (she was still a puppy) and left Jasper at home they both were sulking and depressed. As soon as we reunited them they were the happiest doggies - we never separated them again. Not until last summer when nature took its toll and ended Jasper’s 16-year life. Life’s not fair - and when your pet passes away it sucks more than anything! There’s nothing right about it - but with all life it must come to an end. Jasper lived a lot longer then he probably should have - he was a big dog (a big medium really). The reason he lived longer was probably because he had Ebony keeping him young. After Jasper passed, Ebony became depressed. We figured she needed time to greive and deal with her feelings. We have been giving her more attention and doting over her - it has been about eight months and our Ebony has only gotten worse. (poor Ebby) We asked the Vet what we should do and she told us to get her a puppy. So here we are back at the beginning - life has come full circle. We got Ebony as a puppy for Jasper, and now we are getting a new puppy for Ebony. I saw in the Reno paper a Corgi rescue had two litters of puppies who were in need of homes. I called - we went to go see the two-week-old puppies Friday afternoon and by the time we left, we had adopted a new little member of our family! He’s the cutest little thing! He’s a tri-color Corgi/Border Collie mix - he’ll be short (we hope). There will be plenty of pictures and plenty of entries here as we visit him each week until we bring him home in the end of April! We are very excited - we love animals and we want the very best for ours. If it’s going to make Ebony a happy doggie again - then we’ll do it! We’ll never be able to replace the pets we have lost - we’ll never stop loving them. We can grow and expand our hearts to others who enter our family - somewhere in the end we’ll all meet up again and be forever together. (Rainbow Bridge).

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