Christmas has always been a joyous and memorable holiday for my family and me. The last couple of years, however, we have experienced a terrible pandemic. For many families like ours, it has certainly dampened our holidays, especially Christmas.
This Christmas will be different because we will celebrate it with Oakley, a 10-week-old Labrador retriever. He may not recognize his importance this Christmas as he explores the sights and smells of his new home and the compulsive puppy trait of chewing everything in…
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