A February Sunday afternoon in 2011, my son Quintin and I were traveling through east central Indiana when we spied a huge plywood sheet with the hand painted letters: F R E E P U P P I E S.

And… I did.

We brought home litter mates, Chief and Navi, born November 20, 2010.

Sadly, Navi left us only after three years.

Here are some photos of those first few months.