Merry Christmas to your family too !
Great bunch of furry friends you have there too !
We know what you mean about not being able to imagine life without one of them, we get very attached also, we lost our previous dog "Angel" years ago to sudden illness after 15 very healthy years, (she was a Border Collie mix) I cried like a baby for some time, we had to get another dog within a month after that because even though we still very much missed "Angel", our home seemed too empty without hearing the sound of paws around the house, and she was such a loving dog we believe she would have wanted us to share our love with another pup that was waiting for a loving home.
Our dog we have now "Xena" (another Border Collie mix) is about 5 years old, we adopted her from an SPCA when she was about 9 weeks old, here is the photo the SPCA had on Petfinder of when she was about 8 weeks old, we saw her pic online on a Saturday and was there early on a Monday as it was first come first served and we wanted to be sure to get her.
The pic on the left was her SPCA pic, the others are as she grew to her current size. She is an inside dog and loves tummy rubs and an occasional dab of peanut butter
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