This is Bean. I found her hopping down the sidewalk of a main road. I was unable to locate her owners so Bean traveled cross country on an airplane to live with my friend.

Laura: What was your life like before your present home?

Bean: I use to live in a cage. It was a hutch in the yard. Many days and nights would go by before I would see my people. When my people came to see me they were nice to me. They would hug me and kiss me. I loved them.
My hutch was always dirty. It was hard on my feet because I would have to walk on wire and pee and poop through the wire. The wire was always disgusting. Sometimes my people would forget to give me water, but other times they would bring me carrots and lettuce.
One day, I opened the latch to my hutch with my teeth...

I met this birdie down by the ocean. I asked her if she ever felt life was hard. Birdie said, "I try to have a routine and stick to it as much as possible. That makes my life easier."
Then I asked her what she would like more than anything. She answered, "I would like good bugs in the air."

Luna says, "Tell my mom (person) I feel just as lucky to have her as a mom as she feels lucky to have me. I have seen other dogs’ mom and I certainly got lucky!"

Emi says,"I growl at other dogs because I cannot read them anymore. My eyes are blurry and sometimes, especially after my morning medicine, my reaction time is slower. I feel safer if the dogs stay away from me. They don’t understand what is wrong with me. One dog tried to attack me because I scared them with my smell...

Franklin says, "I like the way my mom pets me and how she talks to all of us cats the same way. I like the way she tells people stories of our adventures. It is nice to know that you are understood so well. I like her slippers. I am very happy. The scariest thing is...