Cosmo and Hook came into my life in the summer of 2020. My wife, Delilah, found them on the website of Frosted Faces Foundation, a nonprofit in the northern San Diego County town of Ramona that rescues senior dogs.
She immediately wanted the furry Yorkie and the skinny Chihuahua; I didn’t.
Adopting pets in the winter of their lives seemed like a quick heartbreak only a masochist would want, I argued. We didn’t need any more burdens, emotional or financial. Cosmo and Hook were 10 and had health issues when Frosted Faces took them in from pounds in Riverside and San Diego counties, respectively. Cosmo had recently lost an eye; Hook was born with a clubfoot. Both needed immediate dental surgery…