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Column by Lois Stern
Photography by Bob Cohen
Please call Lois to be featured
with your pet. 626-5062
We are BARBARA and JERRY LAVINE from Providence, RI.
We have been at Frenchman’s since 2007 and are very
happy here. Bandit, our miniature French Poodle, came
to us at 2 months old from a breeder in Virginia. He is
now 4 years old. Bandit is the sweetest, friendliest,
kindest dog. He is happiest playing
with us. He lives here 6 months and
Providence the other 6 months.
Imagine being dumped on the side of the road in the
Everglades, abandoned and struggling to survive, particularly,
when you are a foot long and weigh less than 8 lbs. That was
Lily,
one of the dogs rescued by a Park Ranger and taken to a
woman whose mission is to find loving homes for these castoff
pets. She placed Lily up for adoption and all was well for a cou-
ple of years, until the woman who adopted her lost her home to
a fire. Not being able to manage a pet, she returned Lily. The
weekend before the hurricane,” I happened to be with Norma
Lippman when Marilyn Greenberg called her to see if she could
foster Lily until the owner could take her back. When Norma
said she couldn’t, because she was taking care of her grand-dog,
I said I would be happy to take her for a week, as I was going out
of town. Little did I expect my husband to volunteer to take care
of her while I was gone for the weekend. By the time I found out
Lily’s owner couldn't take her back, I was already in love with
this sweet, unique looking little animal whose personality would
melt anyone’s heart.
MARIAN and IRVING WISEMAN’S
two beautiful Maltese twin
boys are Jonathan and David. They were named after two heroic
figures from the Kingdom of Israel who formed a covenant of
friendship as recorded in the Book of Samuel. While the Biblical
text does not depict the nature of the relationship, it has been
one of platonic brotherly love. I can say that our two pups care for
each other and mimic each other all day long. Born January 8,
2016, they are 10 months young. They are pure bred and of
champion stock. In accordance with the purchase of the “boys,”
we had to sign an agreement not to show them in a dog show or
allow them to sire. We received them from the breeder in July
and they have brought us much joy and pleasure every day since.
RHODA and CHUCK STEINER
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