The Right Way to Adopt a Dog
- Grim Ginger
- Jul 13, 2014
- 1 min read
So we went to Pet Smart to get some dog food, and this sweet pit bull named Blue and I really hit it off. He cried when we left. The kids applied some strong arm sales tactics, so we went back to check him out again. And he cried when he saw us.
So we’re now in the process of adopting Blue.

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