In November 2022, Heather Krueger’s twenty-year-old son, Ethan, took his life after struggling with personal issues and hanging with the “wrong crowd of people,” she says. After laying her son to rest, Krueger looked towards animals as a way to cope, but that can also turn ugly, she found out.
While dealing with the loss of her eldest son, the family’s dog was mauled by another dog Krueger was fostering, and the pet eventually died. Krueger knew that her seven-year-old daughter Liliana, who saw the attack, was also hurting.
Like Krueger, Liliana loves animals, and wanted a new companion, according to her mother. Instead of adopting another dog, Krueger had other ideas for their Aurora household…