An Angelic Anniversary

With the busy week I had I missed posting about a really important anniversary here at our house. I'm going to correct that today. 

On Saturday February 12, 2005 at an animal shelter in Hardinsburg, KY; James, Brandi, Paula and I went to pick up the puppy we found on Pet Finder.com. James had been asking for a puppy for a while. Dory was full grown when we adopted her a year earlier. He wanted a puppy to play with.

It was the special connection, pictured above, I captured, digitally, during their initial moments together that told us that we had made a good choice. 

That day we brought home our 2nd family dog. We named her "Angel" because it was close to Valentine's Day. We agreed that it was close to "Cupid"; but was a better dog name. She as been our family pet for 9 years as of this week. 

She fit in with our family right away and still does. Being a mix of border collie and Jack Russell terrier has made life with her very interesting. She's been, and still is, an affectionate companion and a protector. She loves us just as much as we love her. 

Life is very different for Angel these days. Until last summer she spent her entire life as a "sister" to our other dog, Dory. She's adjusted but I can tell that even after 6 months she still misses her. 

But some of the subsequent changes Angel has enjoyed . She has free run of the house now almost never being restricted to the "dog room" or being secured in her crate. 

She can eat her food when and how she wants to without having to "protect" it. She gets to go to the groomers instead of having to endure the stressful process my giving her a bath. 

She spends her nights sleeping on her pillow just inside our bedroom. Protecting us by guarding the slightly opened door. Leaving the door open allows her to go in and out of the room without having to wake us up. 

So Happy 9th Anniversary to our pound puppy. We love her and by the way she prances and "talks" to us whenever we come back from being away she loves us too.  

God willing she will go on being our "special Angel" for a long long time.