Upon returning to the northern part of the US, which is as far as we could
travel at the time, she then decided to keep both dogs because I was suicidal at finding myself in a new city, with zero emotional support, thousands of miles away from my former life in the SW and she thought it was what she needed to do to keep the dog
safe, who was also
dealing with the split, as it had bonded with the other dog and my ex.