Besides providing friendship and companionship, dogs delight and give us humans a reason to laugh. Some other great things dogs do for humans:

• Assist people with special needs
• Search and rescue
• Ability to detect narcotics
• Some dogs have the ability to detect certain cancers, seizures or allergy attacks
• Sound the alarm when someone approaches
• Keep depression at bay
• Serve and assist our human military personnel

Hurricane dog in his Carolina Hurricanes tee shirt from his first Christmas with me

In the coming year, try to find room in your family for a four-legged member that you rescue from a pound or rescue organization.

Shoeful of Drool wishes everyone a happy and safe Christmas and a healthy, prosperous New Year!

Merry Christmas!

My own dog…gone commercial. I can’t stand it. -Charlie Brown