Today we celebrate six years with our adorable chihuahua, Mr. Pepe. His origin story is this – I followed Susie’s Senior Dogs on facebook and had been watching for that one special dog to appear. We had been a dog-less household for 14 months after One-eyed Jack crossed that Rainbow Bridge. I finally saw an ad (featuring Mr.Pepe’s photo in upper left) for their pop up adoption event in Soho (see ad below in montage). I walked down to Soho, met Mr. Pepe, spoke with his amazing foster Mom and that was pretty much it. After my application and references were processed – he was ours. A shout out to the all volunteers at Friends with Four Paws who orchestrate the transfer and placement of stray dogs from Oklahoma into foster homes in the New York/NJ/CT. His adoption papers noted he was about 10 years old at that time so we are also celebrating his sweet sixteen today. Yes, he now has a lengthy list of health problems (as do most seniors). He has a heart murmur, arthritis, cataracts and is now wearing a doggie diaper at night. I wasn’t sure if he was going to make this anniversary – but he did. And so, with lots of love we present the amazing Mr. Pepe along with his three adoring cat roomies, Audrey, Roberta and Pete.