On Friday, January 2nd, Marie comes into my office and tells me that her mother is moving, and she has to take her mothers dogs. Marie knew that one of the dogs, Heidi, needed to be around kids, so she asked if I was interested in a dog. Not taking "no" for an answer, Marie continued to tell me about Heidi: She's five years old, fully trained, loves kids, yada yada. She's a Maltese, had her shots, and so on. Then the kicker: if I didn't take her home, she was on her way to the Humane Society. I caved, and said I'd take her home for a two week trial.

What a wonderful dog! She went in to school already as the subject of Show-and-Tell. The kids love her so much!

Then her hair grew very long...........

So, we got it cut........................

Hard to believe it's the same dog, huh?!