Stories from the Pack
Stories from the Pack shares the moments, memories and meaning behind The Great Dog Pack, the dogs who inspired it, and the mission of the Alex Lebovic Foundation.
Latest Stories
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The Wild Child Returns
Read more: The Wild Child ReturnsDakota and I walked along the shore of Lake Michigan on a summer afternoon in Door County. Dakota loves the water, so I let her wade in. My father texted. “It’s time to come back for dinner.” I called Dakota to come, but she wasn’t…
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Why Start a Blog in 2026?
Read more: Why Start a Blog in 2026?Starting a blog seems like a very 2005 thing to do. So why am I doing this here and now? Last fall I used my Facebook account to send a message to my wife and her son. Nothing special—just a product I saw that might…
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Dakota
Read more: DakotaThe day we got Alex’s diagnosis was one of the worst in our lives. We sat with her, trying to say the right things, trying to make it feel manageable. We told her we would be with her every step of the way—that this was…
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Alex
Read more: AlexAt 6 a.m., nurses rushed into the hospital room. “We have to go now,” one said as she unlocked the bed and started pushing it toward the door. The other nurse handed me a set of scrubs. “Put these on and meet us in the…
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Why The Alex Lebovic Foundation Exists
Read more: Why The Alex Lebovic Foundation ExistsOne of the hardest things about grief is that time marches on. You want the world to stop because yours just did. But it doesn’t. And it’s both heartbreaking and a little cruel to watch everything continue as if nothing changed—as if it never mattered…
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Stories from the Pack shares the moments, memories, and meaning behind The Great Dog Pack—how those stories continue through the mission of the Alex Lebovic Foundation.
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Recent Posts
- Happy Birthday, Robert
- Hard Choices
- Buster: The First Leader of The Great Dog Pack
- Boomer
- The Man with the Dog