Every pooch has a tale to tell. How they met their person...the unconditional love between them and their person...and the pawprints left behind.

I've had dogs all my life. My dog Ginger grew with me from when I was just 3 years old to age 18. Next came my my dog Mandy, who saw me through college and moved out with me to my first home of my own. When Mandy passed I was devestated and my father's dog Lindsey came to live with me to ease the pain. And that's where it all began.

Lindsey was a character...she was a dog who thought she was a cat and was super spoiled from living with my dad who was retired and had spent every moment of the day with her. I had to adjust my life around Lindsey. I brought Lindsey to work with me one day. I worked with emotionally challanged teens in a government facitlity. Most of them, being abuse survivors, did not trust adults. But with a little dog's presence and love they opened up their feelings while petting and brushing Lindsey.
Lindsey came to work with me everyday...she earned the name, little angel in fur.

Lindsey and I were a team for several years and then her health began to deteriorate, simply due to old age. She went blind, deaf, and it was becoming more difficult for her to walk. So we adjusted to her needs and we made her a buggy to push her in so she could still enjoy her daily strolls around the neighborhood. It was when she started to have breathing problems that my dad decided it was time for us to be strong for Lindsey and he brought her to the vet to be laid to sleep.

My next dog I named Xia. The meaning behind the name is a special one, it means the glow of a sunrise. And I noticed that Xia had one little bright pink toe. All the rest were black. My imagination took over. I started thinking...all my other dogs played major roles in my life, what roll would this little puppy play? What if her pink little toe had a meaning behind it? What if it meant that she was special...held some type of power, a legend behind the pink toe perhaps?

I began to write and the fantastical story filled with mystery, love, and adventure of how dogs are made for us was born and I named it, Angel in a Fur Coat.