As a dog parent, I regularly do the worst thing: leave my little Dean at home all alone while I run errands. Dean, like most dogs, has separation anxiety and, having been previously abandoned in his home state of Arkansas, lacks a sense of security when I’m not around. It isn’t fair to him, and it always makes what should be fun (going out and buying weed) an emotional roller coaster.
When I first became a nuEra patron a few years ago as a recreational consumer (nuEra serves both recreational consumers and medical patients), I couldn’t help but notice a glass container of a popular brand of dog treats on the counter. “That’s nice,” I would think to myself. “You can take your dog here.” It wasn’t until I got Dean that I had the epiphany: I can take my dog here! No more painful guilt, and it’s a nice walk from my place, to boot.
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NuEra’s employees are always excited to see Dean during his regularly scheduled visits, and while I pick up various kinds of treats for myself, he gets to enjoy far more of his own (and more than I