This Side of the Pond

They say that a pet will always end up resembling its owner and vice versa, but I have reason to hope this is just a myth. If it’s not, there’s no hope for me at all and I might as well just give up and ask someone else to take charge of my decision-making.

While we have three furry friends running around our tiny apartment (literally, in the case of the cat, but only at 3 a.m. and I’d be more inclined to call it “stomping”), I speak in particular of our youngest. Midget, our Oglala Pet Project rescue, has now been my shadow and cuddle companion for several years and a lot has changed in that...