Are you ever sad . . . .

[Jane, Rooney & Stuart]

for your rescue puppy?  Today as I was going through some old files trying to clean up the office  - I started looking at Rooney's papers that came from his breeder.  Who is one of the premier breeders in the country - and I can see his pedigree, tracing his parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and great great grandparents - generations of Tegan Park and Rutlands way back.  And then I look at my sweet baby Stuart and realize that I have no clue where he came from, who his parents were (are?), where his was born, who owned him, even if his birthday is correct (we were given 2 different one).  My boy is an orphan and it makes me sad to not have his history.  I know that to compare this to an adopted child would be way out there and wrong but in a small way it is the same.  Does it ever make you feel sad for them, that you don't know?

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Yes, Leslie, you are right. And whatever Clancy's past was, I know his present is good and his future is bright.