Since retirement in 2016 and moving to Florida we had lost both our Shiz Tsu, Bruiser, and my walking buddy Sox, a hound, to cancer. After 6 months or so after Sox passed away, my wife and I started talking about another dog, or maybe fostering small dogs. Another 3 months and we hadn't decided anything. Then on a Monday night a little after 8, we had a knock on our door, and there stood our landlord Heidi holding an adorable little Dachshund. His story was his original family couldn't care for him anymore because of health issues, and family number two just didn't want to care for him the way he needed. A rescue took him in, and the lady sister of our landlord. She knew exactly what the little guy needed, and that was us! He's been with us about a year and a half and we renamed him Eli from Levi. We knew the moment we opened the door he was at his forever home. It's a perfect match!

Tom Timlin
COCOA BEACH, FL