08/30/2026
A Love Letter to Human Beings — From the Heart of a Dog Lover ❤️🐾
Dear Human Beings,
When you purchase, adopt, or rescue a canine, you are not simply bringing an animal into your home.
You are bringing home a life.
A living, breathing soul who will look to you for food, shelter, veterinary care, safety, comfort, guidance, patience, and love. But in return, they give us something extraordinary—unconditional love. They make us laugh when we need it most. They sit beside us when we're hurting. They give us hugs, companionship, and a kind of loyalty that asks for very little in return.
Every dog is different. Every dog has its own personality, history, needs, fears, strengths, and quirks. They aren't disposable when life becomes inconvenient. They aren't something we get rid of because they're difficult, escape, chew something, require more work than we anticipated, or don't fit perfectly into our household.
When you bring a dog into your life, you are making a commitment to that dog for life.
And today, I have a very special reminder of that sitting beside me.
His name is Bam Bam.
Bam Bam showed up in my yard one morning around 9:00 a.m. He was dragging a chain, and it was immediately apparent that he had been through some things. I took him to the veterinarian to have him scanned for a microchip, and that one little chip began to tell a much bigger story.
Bam Bam originally started his life being abused. He was eventually rescued by a couple in Texas who loved him dearly. When the woman who had rescued him became ill, she became concerned that she could no longer give Bam Bam the life he deserved. With great sadness and tremendous angst, she made the incredibly difficult decision to try to find him another home.
Someone here in my neighborhood agreed to take him in and went to considerable expense to have Bam Bam transported from Texas.
Unfortunately, it became clear that Bam Bam was not a good fit for that household.
Instead of finding another solution or reaching back out to the people who loved him and had cared for him before, things deteriorated. Bam Bam repeatedly escaped. He was chewing through the fence and getting out of the home. And appare
