Stromboli, an adorable Shih Tzu, was well past puppyhood when he was first featured in Adopt Me! in September 2019. He was, nonetheless, able to beat the odds when he met Jack Tarrant and his wife, Allison Schmidt.

New buds: Stromboli and Allison Schmidt have had the chance to get to know each other better since work-from-home requests were issued last year. | JACK TARRANT
New buds: Stromboli and Allison Schmidt have had the chance to get to know each other better since work-from-home requests were issued last year. | JACK TARRANT

“Our previous dog, Patchie, had died at the end of 2019,” Jack says.