I started reading it without looking at the title and name and after a few minutes I thought I'd lost my mind because I knew I had read this before! I checked the author and

! Last night I wondered if maybe he got his pup there and that's the connection, but I don't know. My only concern with it is whether he knew and okayed it--it's great writing!!
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Shannon & Puff 
"All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed; for after all he was only human. He wasn't a dog." Charles M. Schultz