Elvis (Bubs, Chicken Leg, Sir Butts)…Is it possible that a dog could be your soulmate? We understood each other from our first meeting; clicking so well and so immediately that his foster pushed for me to be able to adopt him over other applicants. Since the day I brought him home in August 2011 he was the center of my world – the most consistent, loving, and loyal presence in my life. We were both so hurt by life in those early days, but as weeks turned to months to years we made one another stronger. He went from cowering at his own shadow to being a brave, goofy, too smart for his own good little man who made everyone he met fall in love with him.

Living until an estimated 15 years old, it was only in the last year of his life that age really caught up to him but he was the goodest boy to the very end, and I’m forever grateful to the staff at Lifting Stars and especially Dr. Jeff for their compassionate assistance in helping me ease his passing.

Until we meet again my sweet boy xx

– Carmen P., June 2024