A wonderful blog post from one of our favorite readers … and most recent winner of the Love Story essay contest. Thanks Leo!
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Love Story: Our names are Omelette and Carmen
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Today’s Love Story is from Leo, who shares how a random meeting on a New York street led to a lasting friendship with turtles Omelette and Carmen. Leo, who lives in Spain, will receive an Our Furever Family mug for … Continue reading
Deep doo-doo
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A poop-stravanganza! That’s exactly what Charlie had this morning. Matt made the discovery, deep in the bowels of the basement. At first his voice was muffled, then loud and desperate. “Jill! Can you come down here????” The smell hit me … Continue reading
Play date
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Sometimes a change of routine is in order. That was the plan when Matt and I invited new friends and their dog to come over last weekend for a play date. Knoll, his wife Carrie and their dog Lola joined us … Continue reading
Love Story: My name is Cupcake
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Today’s Love Story winner — and recipient of an Our Furever Family mug — is a Jack Russell terrier mix named Cupcake. She lives in New Jersey with her mom Genevieve Petrillo, who is a children’s author/poet. Mom had a German Shepherd … Continue reading
Love story: My name is Lexie
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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
Tried, convicted and sentenced
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Charlie’s doing time. Big time. We left him home alone for a couple hours and returned to find he chewed a couple holes in a couch cushion, then proceeded to defluff it. Yelling ensued. The cushion may have ended up … Continue reading
Mischief makers
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Mischief is afoot in our house. Yesterday morning, Charlie hopped into bed and woke up Matt by shaking a ball of aluminum foil in his face. Knowing someone was up to no good, Matt got up and followed Charlie into … Continue reading
Celebrating a milestone
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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
Weekend pics: Looking cute, feeling cute
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It’s been a busy weekend. Lex and Charlie had sleeping appointments to keep, yummy meals to eat and play dates. Here are a few snapshots. “Awwe”-factor is set high. Charlie snuggles in with Jillian for a quick nap-i-poo. Lex works … Continue reading