Serenity's Story-After Amber's death Sarah and I were completely lost, the house was way too quiet! There was no one to play with her and no one to cuddle up on my pillow with me at night. I considered getting another dog but I did not want to be unfair to it by expecting it to be like Amber. After much soul-searching, I realized I could never replace Amber with another dog, but I still had plenty of room in my heart for another dog to love. After mentioning this to my colleagues, the groomer at work brought in a little 5-month-old Heintz 57 mix that her neighbor had been feeding. It was love at first sight. I named her Serenity, thinking it was probably the only way I could say I had a little serenity in my life (VBG). Unfortunately, Serenity has yet to live up to her name, her nickname is Devil Spawn (Child of Satan was too long) and she answers to that much better than she does to Serenity!

Bambi's story-Bambi is an orphan squirrel that was brought to the clinic by one of our receptionists who saved him from her dogs. I took him home and syringe-fed him until he was old enough to crack nuts and take care of himself, at which time I released him into the neighborhood. Two days later, he came back half-dead, he had not eaten or slept since he had left. I took him in and nursed him back to health, and now he simply refuses to leave, so he lives in the house with my girls. He also goes by Bamster, Bams, The Bam-meister, and Bambulator...