A Farewell to Butch
It's late 2017. Danielle and I have just moved into an apartment together after 7 months of dating. I had also recently begun my venture of Soya Physical Therapy. My life was going through some major shifts. The next one I was dragging my feet on was adopting a dog. Danielle would show me a few dogs on Petfinder almost daily, and damn near every time I said no. But at the end of January 2018, Home for Good Dogs listed a litter of dogs that were born in a shelter down South, and were being brought up to be placed in foster homes. The "B Litter" were advertised as mastiff mixes. We were interested in the two males of the litter, Butch and Bruno. We messaged Home for Good Dogs stating our interest in Butch and Bruno, went through the application process, had our references called, etc and they said we could meet Butch and if he seemed like a good fit we could take him home. Early February I walked out of their office building with a 12 week old puppy on a leash and was unawa...