For Gale Myers it's Lucky as way more than a cute loyal dog.
"Do you feel your dog as your child?"
"I don't have any kids,so she's the closest. Then I wanna have to a child. I have another dog as well,and they both like my kids."
So when she decided to leave her husband,money and property didn't enter her mind. She left with "my clothes,a few personal items and the dog. And that's I wanted."
Problem is her ex wanted Lucky too,and that made a no contest divorce a rather testy battle. In Maryland,a pet is considered property,like a car or a house, certainly not like a child.

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