– “How can you give him up? He seems devoted to you.”

As far as I could see, a carpet of brown and black leaves provided perfect Airedale camouflage.

Barbara Reese Yager, a lifelong dog rescuer, writes fiction and nonfiction. She is President of the Charlotte Writers Club and a member of the North Carolina Writers Network and the South Carolina Writers Association. Daniel Boone Press has published her nonfiction work. She lives on a farm with her husband, four horses, five dogs, and a barn cat. Find more at waggintailfarm.com