Kathy adopted Bertram when nobody else wanted him. Breeders gave up on him. He was too small. Too different. Not what they expected. She did not see a reject. She saw a dog that deserved a chance. And she gave him one. 400,000 followers later, a New York Times cover, a movie role, and an entire crypto ecosystem later, that one decision looks like the most obvious call in history. It was not obvious at the time. Good decisions rarely are. They just look inevitable in hindsight. This is one of the 3 photos on petfinder that caught Kathy’s eye.