Several years ago when our daughters were sharing a house in Eugene, Oregon, while in grad school, we got a call from the Eugene Humane Society. The caller politely asked if we were the landlords of a house on Washington Street. I answered that we were and then asked “Why?”

“The tenants of the house on Washington Street want to know if it is OK for them to have a dog.”

And that’s how we found out that our daughter Maggie was getting our grand doggie Cody.

Cody has enjoyed being a part of a household with our two daughters Maggie and Elizabeth, with Maggie and her husband Brian in several apartments, and now with Maggie, Brian and young Miss Alice. As you can see, Cody really enjoys all of the attention at Christmas time.

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