These solo episodes are usually an educational conversation but today I want to have time to reflect with you. On Christmas Eve, our family deciding to spontaneously adopt a dog. As someone who has been saying no to animals for years, I caved after one conversation at the TASH conference I went to in December. We will dive into the reasoning behind why I actually said yes to this big step and reflections on why our relationships with animals seem to be so much stronger than with humans.