We rescued Mancha from a shelter the day after Christmas in 2000. She instantly took a liking to daddy and appropriately earned the nickname of “velcro dog.” She’d follow daddy into the bathroom, wait for him at the door each evening post-work and would rest her head for hours on his thigh as he sat at the computer. Of course, he loved her. Plus, she had the softest head ever.

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