by Ron Hevener | Sep 13, 2015 | Stories
From time to time, people tell me, “lighten up, it’s just a dog,” or, “that’s a lot of money for just a dog.” They don’t understand the distance traveled, the time spent, or the costs involved for “just a dog.”...
by Ron Hevener | Sep 13, 2015 | Stories
Anyone who has ever lost a dog knows what I’m talking about. Suddenly, your world just isn’t the same. The warm, familiar “all is right with the world” feeling evaporates into a hollow, misty confusion of loss … where is my dog? Is my dog OK? Why did my dog leave me?...
by Ron Hevener | Sep 13, 2015 | Stories
Like many of us these days, I sometimes question the news. I scan the newspaper headlines, catch up on the 6 o’clock TV report and gaze like a bleary-eyed zombie at news on the computer screen at my desk. Some of it is still interesting to me. The rest, I must admit,...
by Ron Hevener | Sep 13, 2015 | Stories
The world, as they say, is turning … turning … turning … Are you turning with it? She loved this time of year … tree frogs and crickets singing the end of growing time; early mornings, misty and cool. “Come on, fella,” she smiled to the dog at her side, as...
by Ron Hevener | Sep 13, 2015 | Stories
It was a typical kennel morning. She had clicked off the alarm at 6, groomed herself for the day and put on her morning tea. It was tea she was drinking these days (green tea) since that was the rage now. Tea and a bowl of blueberries. She liked taking care of...
