FC Life November, 2016

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.

RHODA and CHUCK STEINER

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.

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