They Told Me I Could Only Take One Dog Home Until I Saw What Happened When They Tried to Separate Them

through Arthur’s retirement and his medical appointments and his increasingly quiet evenings together, and the dogs had learned each other’s rhythms the way people do when they share a life without reservation.

The intake note clipped above the kennel door was handwritten in capital letters, underlined twice: DO NOT SEPARATE.

A second note explained continue reading …