Congrats to our winner: Close to Home Growing up, I was that kid stuck in a family of non-dog lovers and very much alone in my desire to have a dog join our family unit. My mother, who could not fathom sharing her home with a four-legged creature, tried to pacify me with a parakeet. "Tippy", which I named her, was friendly enough, but couldn't snuggle with me at night. Fast-forward 15 … [Read more...]