February and March were awful

[Laurelin]

I lost a friend, two cousins and a dog. I can't do anything about the people. We tried living without a dog but decided that wasn't possible. So April has brought a puppy. She's a handful but a respite from grief. She's also my first actual purchased purebred; the ten who preceded her all arrived in need of a home. We tried to find a rescue dog but strays and rescues are not common here and it's seemingly impossible to find one that gets along with cats, so we actually bought a labrador puppy from a breeder. All three (rescue) cats are currently deeply offended but they've always lived with dogs and the pup is young enough to learn that cats are family.

[Drum]

1. I'm glad things are kinda rebounding for you. Congrats on the puppy!

Hope you’ll share a pic of your four-legged family sometime.