Older Dogs, New Puppy — A Tale of Jealousy, Depression and Labrador Retrievers

Anne Emerick
6 min readNov 14, 2019

“What made you decide to get a puppy?” several people asked me, “Two dogs not enough?’

Two dogs, two large Labradors were enough. But here was the issue. Our two Labradors are mother and son, best friends, always together.

Josie, the mom, is 14 years old and while she will still hike, er walk, a couple…

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Anne Emerick

Programmer by day. Author by night. As I put on running tights, I imagine I’m a superhero. Creator of Unemploymentville.com and No-Work Spanish.