Golden Retrievals – A. Jay Adler

Penelope

Posted on October 18, 2009September 12, 2010 by A. Jay Adler

Penelope came with a house. We were renting from a friend and part of the deal was that if the friend rented to us, we had to take her dog. We already had Homer, a big lug of a part-Shepherd mutt, smart because obediently eager to please, but otherwise a very dopey beta. I didn’t […]

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