Maggie "Sketchers" Menard

We've been through a lot, there's probably more posts to the story but it's been a pretty sad one and those are always the hardest to post.

So with this post, we are going back to "happy". Goldilocks was with us only one week and it was a hard one but she left us too soon and that hole needed to be filled.

When we picked Goldilocks up we had an "issue." We had gone to see Goldilocks only, but Grace took an immediate liking to a dog named "Sketchers". This dog was interesting to say the least and while Hannah and Dina were holding Goldilocks, Grace and I were "checking out" Sketchers. A real lover, she was kissing and interested in Grace, who soon decided that "this" was the dog for her. As many parents dread, we were in a decision as to which dog we should take home. I could have gone either way, but decided that since we came to see Goldilocks we should stick with her.

As chance would have it, both Goldilocks and Sketchers came down with the Parvo virus. While Goldilocks struggled, Sketchers was able to overcome the virus and end up thriving. After Goldy's death we fought with the decision of bringing another dog home. The pros -- a dog that had survived Parvo was very unlikely to acquire the disease again. The cons -- how could we put our Angels through another roll of the "life" dice.

After a lot of contemplation, we left it up to a family decision. Everybody was in for whatever life was to bring us, and that hole in our hearts was going to be filled by another dog.

We were going to give Sketchers a second chance. She was available and ready to come to our home. We are still deciding on whether to keep Sketchers as a name...again we face one of those "tough" family decisions.