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In today’s Love Story, learn how my dog Lexie and I created our own furever family. Take part in our Love Story contest, and tell us how you met your pet. If you do, we’ll send you an Our Furever Family mug! … Continue reading
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Five thousand of anything is a lot. But 5,000 fan visits to Our Furever Family shows a lot of love. Yesterday we achieved this milestone, and Matt and I — along with Lexie and Charlie — would like to thank each … Continue reading
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Charlie’s every bit a puppy. How do I know? He chews. And chews. Interestingly, he has avoided the usual targets, like shoes and books and remote controls. Instead, he has a taste for window sills, mission-style chairs and an endless stream … Continue reading
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Today’s Love Story winner, and recipient of an Our Furever Family mug, is Lynnette Benner. The flutist from Millerton, N.Y., shares how she came to find Charley, a border collie/golden retriever mix. When I lost my beloved Hooch, my companion of 15 years, … Continue reading
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Today’s Love Story winner, and recipient of an Our Furever Family mug, comes from my colleague Laurel Thomas Gnagey, who went searching a couple of years ago for a companion for her older dog. Like you, I wanted to get a playmate for … Continue reading
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The next Love Story winner, and recipient of an Our Furever Family mug, is Nibbles — a guinea pig who shares how he came to find his mummy. His adventures, along with that of his buddies Nutty, Buddy & Basil, … Continue reading
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We are only a day into our adoption story contest, and readers are sending in their tales. The first recipient of an Our Furever Family mug is Lisa M. Rudgers, who works as vice president of global communications and strategic … Continue reading
Our Furever Family wants to hear your adoption stories! The best ones will receive a coffee mug.
Our adoption journey was filled with triumphs, challenges and heartbreak … and ultimately led us to Charlie. It’s been three months since we’ve adopted this spunky border collie mix, and we’ve enjoyed sharing his (mis)adventures with you.
Now that we have Charlie, it’s easy to forget the road we traversed to get him. First we fell in love with Ranger, then he fell through our fingers. Then the meet-and-greet was bungled with Demi, a cute-but-troubled border collie mix. We found Charlie on a website, and even though he was fostered in Kentucky, we took a chance on the pup who stole our hearts. The rest is history.
Now we want to hear your story, whether it was through adoption, an accidental meeting or another way of finding each other. How did you fall in love? Tell us how your pet came into your life in 500 words or less.
Eligibility requirements:
The best stories will receive an Our Furever Family coffee mug that we had specially designed for our fans.
Send your submissions to ourfureverfamily@gmail.com.
We’re glad you are part of Our Furever Family. And we look forward to learning more about yours.
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Snapping this photo was a test of patience and vanity. Some 20 frames later, Matt and I finally settled on this family portrait.
Today we officially unveil a new blog name: Our Furever Family.
While Matt and I loved Finding Furever, in many ways it no longer fits. Our search to find a new dog has brought us Charlie. Along with our aging, somewhat sickly pup Lexie and our cat Pink Floyd, we no longer are looking for furever.
We already have it.
So to reflect this new leg of the journey, we wanted a name that showcased our new family status.
The interactive nature of this blog has allowed us to speak with many of you and to hear about what did and didn’t work for you and your pups. To help chronicle the great suggestions that you offer, I have added two more pages to the site: Resources and Books. Neither page is exhaustive; rather they serve as a starting spot for conversation or a springboard to research. I plan on writing book reviews to complement the suggested reading page. Please keep your ideas coming; this collective grows stronger with your input.
With new and old friends at home and abroad, these bonds propel us.
We’re glad to call you family.
Today marks day four of the new medication regime for Lexie. Early indications show she’s responding well. The pain medication allows her to get around the house and into the yard a bit easier, and she hasn’t peed on herself since we started the med for incontinence. Her appetite has been hit-or-miss, but mostly a hit.
I know it’s early in her treatment, but I have to cherish these simple victories. I’m sure she will not survive her kidney failure. My sweet pup is in the sunset of her life.
Snuggled in at the end of the couch — her favorite spot in the world — Lexie is content. Her eyes closed, paws crossed beneath her chin, gently twitching … she’s chasing rabbits somewhere.
Keep dreaming, Lex. Today is a good day.
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It was a three-way race to the end but one name emerged victorious.
Meet Charlie “Scout” Greenberg.
Charlie is sitting in Lexie’s spot, but she’s OK with it.
This name won by a nose.
At first it was a strong two-name race, between Charlie and Walter. They duked it out. Then, out of nowhere, Maxwell entered the race as a dark horse. They remained basically in a three-way tie almost to the end.
My favorite, Henry, came in dead last with two votes. I’d really like to meet the other person who cast a vote for Henry and shake his or her hand. I still stand by my vote.
Ira came in just ahead of Henry. But Matt and I were a bit relieved, and both agreed that name would be best saved for someone’s first born, rather than a cute pup.
Click on the image above to see the final poll results.
I would be remiss is I didn’t mention the Scout contingent. You were loud. And persistent. And honestly, if Scout — the name he came with — was an entry on the pool, surely this would have been one helluva four-way race.
As a nod to all ya’ll Scout-heads, we will keep that as a middle name, to be used at our discretion. Most likely when I really need to get his attention. Like when he’s eating a pair of underwear or pooping under my dressing table (OK, that only happened once, so far).
Charlie seems a perfect fit. He’s already turned his head when Matt called out his new name.
We’re off to a good start.
Our Furever Family 