Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet. --- ColetteI come from a family that always has shared our homes with four-footed creatures. When I was just a few months' old, my parents presented me with my first puppy, a beautiful spaniel we called Pepper, and my friendship with the fur bundles has never wavered.
Our four-footed friends have always been rescue animals, with early-life stories of abandonment and neglect that we try to erase with a superabundance of love. Such was the case of Sammy Cat, my brother's semiferal diva kitty who died yesterday of kidney failure. You do the best for them, but they always wind up giving back so much more. RIP, Sammy.
The recession has hit animal rescue groups especially hard. Visit a local shelter, and if you can't add a four-footed companion to your family, please donate a bag of food or whatever you can afford. For Sammy.
