We have all had that one dog. Maybe it was your first one, maybe it is the one you have now. For me, it was a scrawny little Labrador puppy that I fell in love with while working overnights at a veterinary emergency center. The day practice took care of “pet store puppies” when that was still a thing. The dogs would come to the practice sick, and we would care for them overnights. They would be picked up to go back to the pet store within 1-3 days.

He was on oxygen, as he had a horrible time breathing due to pneumonia. His head would hang down in defeat. I would have to wipe his nose constantly and give him all his medication and thump his chest during his breathing treatments.