A happy birthday wish for Shadow

In September I wrote a column "What were we thinking" after we adopted a puppy from a friend who could no longer keep her.

And this weekend, as near as I can figure, Shadow will turn 1 this weekend. We got her at the age of 9 weeks and doing the math backward I came up with around July 9 for her date of birth.

It's been an amazing and challenging experience with a puppy. I'm not sure we'll be doin...