Thank you everyone for your kind words but I am the lucky one to have these guys in my life....while I definitely have a soft side for animals down on their luck, there is something special about all rescue animals. I've adopted several rescues (cats and dogs) over the years and each of them always seemed so grateful for having a second chance/home. This is especially true for Johnny (the kitty that was in rescue for 3 + years) and our recently passed Brittany Spaniel that had been in a very rural shelter for several months. Bailey, the Brittany, seemed to know how lucky he was; we got him from a high kill shelter (they had no internet to showcase the animals the likes of Petfinder) that had only kept him around as he was such a friendly and fun loving dog. It was only by pure luck that the rescue group I volunteered with at the time learned of his plight and asked me to pick him up and get him into foster care. He was my first and only foster (actually, transport) failure. Truly an amazing animal that graced us with his presence for 11 years. He had such a love of life it was incredible; I miss him so very, very much.
Update on Kindra....today was supposed to be the second last day in her e-collar but she managed to wrangle out of it when left alone while I was in meetings. Given she had full access to the incision site without doing any harm, we're going to let her off one day early!