January 1, 2019. 5:01pm. I was getting started on dinner in the kitchen when I looked over and saw my daughter snuggling with Joe dog near the Christmas tree. She is the reason we brought Joe home from our local farmer's market a year and a half ago. He was a starving stray begging for food there and he melted her heart and she melted mine. He's such a good boy. Ozarks of Arkansas.