“This is Kaley. Her mom was rescued by Lil’ Waif Puppy Rescue. The day after she was rescued, she had 8 puppies and Kaley was 1 of them. We applied and had to compete with other people that wanted her. We wrote about who we are and what her life would be like if we adopted her. We’ve only had her for 2 weeks. She’s the most unbelievably well-adjusted dog you’d ever meet. Before her, we had 3 granddogs. I never had dogs, but I fell in love with them. Then my son moved and I missed them so much. We still get to see them, but I just said, “honey, we need to get our own dog.” We started looking and talked about it for a year. We had to figure out what kind of dog we wanted, what we wanted to do with it, what size it would be. We discussed all that and negotiated it in our marriage. I wanted a small dog and I’m the one with her the most. I just wanted a puppy to love.”