It only took me a year to surrender my little dog, Lola. I had gotten her as a gift from a college boyfriend; she stayed with me long after he and I had our final goodbyes. We lied when we adopted her, telling the agency that she would be staying in a large backyard with room to run. Instead, Lola lived most of her life with me in a crate college duplex. She and I would go walking a few Continue Reading