National Mutt Day

Dec. 2 has been dubbed National Mutt Day, but whatever you call it, if you're ready to give an animal a lifetime of love, please adopt a true American original - a mixed-breed dog or cat - from your local animal shelter or rescue organization.  Dogs and cats of diverse heritage are every bit as loving and loyal as animals who have "papers," and usually more appreciative.  They seem to have a "sense" that you saved them.  Adopting a mutt from a shelter also saves a life and avoids supporting the "pet" farms industry, which churns out litter after litter of purebred puppies and kittens while millions of equally deserving animals must be euthanized in shelters for lack of good homes.

Nickers is our "rescue" pooch.  To know her is to love her.  And one has to wonder who saved who.  She had us from the moment we picked her up and held her.  She put a paw on each side of our face and gave us a kiss and she had us sold. 

Here's a photo of the day we found her:

And here she is now - 8+ years later: