The beginning of our story might be your story, too. Two people buried in high pressure day jobs, caught up in the daily grind and office politics. Lunch hours, if we got any, were spent wondering if there might be something better.

But, at the end of each day, after another interminable commute, we'd come home and with the opening of the front door all of the day's stresses would be erased. There to greet us, with wide, loving eyes and boundless energy, would be Dixie, our sweet, tail-wagging Jack Russell Terrier. Sound familiar? Ever think, "I wish I could just quit my job and be with my dog?"

Well, WE did. In a moment of inspiration -- some call it insanity! -- we actually DID quit our jobs in pursuit of that better something. And to find it we looked no further than our own little Dixie.