I have 20 years of being owned by dogs and 17 years of being a news anchor. Trust me, journalism is harder than loving on dogs ANY DAY! :) I got my first dog, a rescued Black Lab mix, back in 1999 when I was 23. Dutch lived to be 15! When she died in 2014, I realized what a void she filled in my life. My other dog Harleigh was devastated. Then something strange happened. I was put on a story about 90 dogs hoarded & boarded up in a sweltering house. Some already dead. I went out to a rural part of upstate NY to cover the story, and whilst interviewing an ASPCA worker, I glanced to my left. There, shivering and sad-eyed in a ”holding cell” was a beautiful chocolate brown Chiweenie. I held her as a “prop” during my live shot, and when the news was over, I asked to adopt her. We’ve been together— me, Harleigh, and Annie the Chiweenie— ever since!