Dealing with pet loss

Today, Nora was doing the funniest thing with a small, blue racquetball. Starting with the ball in her mouth, she’d toss it up in the air and then run after it as it bounced along the carpet. She did this time after time, and I wished I had a video camera, or any kind of…

On Saturday, September 10, 2011, we adopted two purebred Cairn Terrier rescue dogs, Nutmeg and Nora. Our house had been pet-less (unless you count fish), since January, when our beloved seven-year-old black lab mix, Happy, passed away from cancer. It was quite a sad loss, considering that we had just lost our lovable yellow lab…