Jax’s Adventures

We adopted our little dog, Jax, on Valentine’s Day of 2015. She was wandering the streets and picked up by an animal shelter a few weeks before. They estimated she was around 7 months old. She had a hard start to life and when we adopted her, she had large patches of hair missing because she was so stressed out. She was terrified of people and would immediately poop if someone new came into the house and then she would hide behind the couch and shake. Since then, she has been loved dearly by so many. My kids adore her. My friends show her endless patience and kindness. She is my treasured companion and a website about my adventures would not be complete without including her and the places she has been with me.

An update: At 7:30pm on October 4, 2022, the smoke alarm went off as we were making a frozen pizza. My sweet Jax got scared and ran out the door. After hours, days, months, years of searching, we have not found her. It is the most gut-wrenching experience I have ever had. I have had to make the choice to put a dog to sleep. I have found a dog dead in the backyard due to natural causes. I have endured a messy and hatefilled divorce. I have survived the death of loved ones. I have taken care of a parent who we thought we would lose. Nothing I have experienced comes close to the grief, guilt, and anguish of not knowing what happened – if she is currently being abused by someone’s cruel hand or if she was killed by a coyote. That day, a light went out in me and I will never be the same. Someday, I might tell the full story – a story filled with the kindness of strangers, the true friends who poured their love into me and searched beside me, the lack of compassion from others who I thought were friends, and the evilness of predators trying to capitalize on my grief. That day is not today. Jax was my soul dog and I miss her every day. I am leaving this page up because she is forever in my heart and I am still hoping she will find her way back to us.