Author: Jim Mitchem

Strider the Magnificent

My wife found him on a farm in the foothills. The picture the farmer sent was blurry because the puppy was running and wouldn’t sit still for a photo. But one thing that was clear from the photo was that he had crazy eyes and a mischievous smile. So we drove 90 minutes north to get our crazy puppy and on the ride home Strider was as quiet as a mouse. In fact, he was like that for the first…

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