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Column by Lois Stern Photography by Debbie Hornstein

RUTH AMIEL and daughter, BARBARA PEARSON , living in Frenchman’s Creek….two women together…with kids and grands and great grands all up north and a pandemic which keeps us from jumping on a plane to visit and play with them all as we used to. Even living here in FRENCHMAN’S CREEK,, there are so many restrictions and we needed something alive to perk up the daily routine and so my daughter, Barbara, and I decided we needed a puppy to fill the void. Barbara researched and found a breeder of Havanese.. dogs in Hobe Sound. We visited, she checked everything , as Barb always does, and we were going to have a newly born puppy in about 3 months. When someone told us about Marilyn Greenberg and her connections to the puppy world and how she has helped so many adoptions that were brought to happy conclusions, we called Marilyn. The day before, the cutest, sweetest (already housebroken) tiny little 7 year old had just been brought to the Furry Friends Retreat in Jupiter. Did we want to go to meet him? Indeed!

Into the car, and off to the “pound” and there HE was. I repeat…HE… the cutest,, sweetest, most friendly, loving little 5 1/2 pound “Shorkie” wonder on 4 feet. His name was Prince. But he did not answer to it. So we named him Jack….he doesn’t answer to that name either. But what matters…and here it is in a nutshell: We have adopted this little, beauty, lively, cuddly, sweetness who comes for a hug and a kiss and to play a dozen times a day.

So thank you Marilyn, for your generosity, your kindness and your ability to put smiles on so many faces as we give homes to those lost little homeless beings.

From the FRENCHMAN ’ S CREEK LIFE STAFF A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR BRINGING GOOD HEALTH, PEACE OF MIND AND A VACCINE TO PROTECT EVERYONE.

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