Dear Readers: When I told a casual friend/former hairdresser that my dog had just been “put to sleep,” she reached over without hesitation and hugged my neck in a genuine expression of concern.
“I am so sorry,” she said. “We will miss seeing you walk together.”
When the veterinarian and her compassionate assistants cried with us, I knew I was in the right place.
When cards and texts arrived from frie…
