Hobo was the center of my world. I was his entire universe. At the time, losing him was one of the hardest things I had ever experienced.

Toughest Race in the Hills brings more than 100 people, their pups, and a pet pig out to help raise money for Hobo’s Healing Heart.

This is the first blog post of several related to the trials and lessons learned while raising two adopted female littermates. I will be covering a variety of topics and sharing resources, and imparting some wisdom about things I wish someone would have told me so I didn’t have to learn them the hard way. Part one covers training basics.