The latest addition to our family, Bear, after enjoying a doggy ice cream treat on a hot day. He was found in a barn in Iowa, apparently having been abused. Through a chain of transfers he’s ended up with us. Being a dog (with corresponding dog brain) he’ll never realize just how lucky he is. We’ve been through a few dogs, always with the same outcome, the day you have to put them down. He’ll have a happy life up to that moment. But we won’t think about that ending for a decade or so. Hopefully he’ll soon stop trying to ‘escape’.