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^I want to thank that story a thousand times.

It was heart-wrenching when we lost Minnie unexpectedly, but at the same time, I know she had a really wonderful couple of months when she was with us. We were her fourth home in three weeks, and at first we couldn't even walk her a block from the house without her panicking, probably thinking that she wouldn't be coming back home again... but it didn't take her long to settle in with our pack and be part of the family, and eventually she would walk confidently all the way to Starbucks and Pet Planet with the rest of us, not even a hint of nervousness.

When we got Taffy from the shelter, we knew that too, wouldn't be for very long as she was already 12... from what we were told, she had a pretty good life before, deeply loved by the elderly couple that had had her from a pup and had to give her up because of the wife's illness. It was probably more heartbreaking to think of how she had to leave the only home she'd ever known after all those years, and as careful as shelters are about who they adopt to, I couldn't bear to think of what situation she could potentially end up in. And since she was the perfect size, it seemed a good fit.

Now I have her and Daisy in nosework training (gotta leave for class in half an hour!) and she's a happy, confident, gorgeous little girl. I hope we still get several years with her, but if we don't, I know we did everything we could to give her a safe, comfortable, happy home for the rest of her days. And that's worth the eventual sadness that you know is inevitable.