Happy birthday, Sebastian - and other stuff
Nine years ago today, a glorious puppy joined this world. Sebastian David Bernfeld. We actually got him in December, when he was about ten weeks old. Our previous dane, Stella, had passed away suddenly, and quite honestly, the emptiness in the house was simply intolerable. It was close to Christmas time and Ben had no idea what I was doing... but I perused some adds and did some looking and found this woman in San Antonio whose dane had just had puppies. They weren't AKC registered, they weren't show dogs, but oh my goodness this woman loved her danes. My stepdad met me in San Antonio to meet the puppies in the hopes that we would find a good fit. I got there and there were only two left. One was super cute, his face was half black and half white. But Sebastian was the other... just a gloppy "little" thing. It was instant love. I snatched him up as quickly as possible and put him on the floor board of the passenger side of my Mi...