Animal Anecdote

Surprise! You’re Now a Dog Mom!

How a phone call and an impulsive decision one summer evening changed my life for the better

My first dog Cooper and me on his last vacation with us. He was thirteen years old.

It was summer 2006. I was twenty and on break from college. Getting a dog was the furthest thing from my mind as I hung out with a couple of friends on a Saturday evening. In fact, the only big thing on my…