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FOUR-LEGGED FAMILY
Maggie Monkey, Our Tiny Terror, er, Terrier
Jumbo entertainment and heart in a fun-size package
One week before the world ground to a halt and we all retreated to our bunkers in March 2020, we lost our beloved beagle Red.
For a few weeks, we were a two-dog family while the hole in our hearts took time to heal. We eventually started our search for a third dog as we are devout adherents to the rule of three.
Tradition and habit whispered “a hound for a hound,” and when we started our search we did have a miniature dachshund in mind. But though we love wiener dog memes and videos and a Doxie ankle-biter was appealing, we’d have to wait until next time we were one short of our three.
Because fate offered a terror, er, terrier.
One Saturday morning in April 2020, on his way back from Home Depot, my husband saw a dog rescue event happening. I’d started online searching myself so we were already on the same wavelength; it was time. He didn’t stop, but when he got…
