Just back from Toastmasters, where we had 3 guests, and 1 new member. Such is the way with the group, people try it for a while, some like it, some don't, some move, life gets busy. Happy though to have new people in the group.
My mother had bought a cockapoo named "J" in 2009 knowing that she was going to die before Dad, and did not want Dad to be alone. . Mom died in 2010 and J" became a very spoiled cockapoo, very unhealthy (due to how she was fed by my father) . After Dad went into a nursing home in 2017.
J" was cared for by my niece. "J" had a good life with my niece, who loved her grandpa. Dad died in 2019, and "J" became a permanent part of my niece's family. She is having to put him down and is heartbroken; however, I am thinking that given her start, she did well to live to 2025.