Sashi, a malamute-wolf-huskie mix,* entered our lives in 2024. She’s the sweetest dog ever! She never barks. She tells us she’s sad by howling when we leave and she can’t come along.

Her only flaw is that she and our cat don’t get along… but that may be more his fault than hers.

And she loves to leave deposits all around our back yard. My OCD side would love it if she did her deed in one narrowly defined corner to make cleanup easier. But that’s not the way dogs work. She’s not being b...