Yesterday me and Kelly said goodbye to our very best friend for the last 11.5 years, our dog Heidi. This is the story of the adventures that were her life with us.   Heidi was born on my 27th birthday in a village north of Sheffield in England. We first met her on Jan 2, 2010. Kelly had to really convince me of the merits of getting a dog, and at this stage I still needed some final convincing. I was not sure how to pick out a puppy, but Heidi seemed to take a bigger interest in me than her brothers and sisters, so I settled on that she had picked us instead.   The day we arranged to collect Meadow Lane Marlene (this was her Kennel Club registered name before she became Heidi to us) from her breeder was the day I interviewed at Sheffield Hallam University, with me thinking that even if I did not get the job at least it was an efficient way to get the dog. Armed with a cat carrier and two train tickets (we did not have a car while we lived in London) we set about getting he...