A Special Time I was given a beautiful female abandoned in Christmas Florida. She apparently had been through an obedience course as she was very well minded. We, my wife and daughter and I took her in from a friend who lived there. To make along story short we loved her very much!!!! But little did we know even though we had taken her to a vet that she had contracted heartworms. She graced our presences for about seven months, then had to be put down. We have very fond memories & very funny stories about her. I will have another one someday, but not while I live in Florida. It is too hot for them.