Ruby was the only dog I ever owned for more than a month. Before her there were other dogs but one by one they didn't last long unfortunately. None of them lasted long enough to get pictures of. Even though I had Sonia, I really wanted a dog. I would talk, and fantasize, about finding a dog on the way home and just claiming it followed me home. One day when I was about 13 years old I came home around my birthday, to find a large black puppy running around in my backyard. I called my parents and sure enough she was there for me. My own dog! I was so excited. I named her Ruby, and we were inseparable after that. We were active together and played outside all the time. At night she would sleep in my room and guard me from intruders. We were together until 2011. In Texas where we lived at the time, Ruby would chase and play with the yard toads. In 2010 we were forced to move to Florida, and she didn't stop with her habit. The frogs in our Florida back yard however, were poisonous. She didn't make it, but she is never forgotten.