Duh...it just occurred to me that I had disabled it, weeks ago. Ah Verizon, gotta love them, maybe they found a way to switch it back on. We switched to them years ago when the whole family, kids as well as extended were on them and they were the only service at the time to allow such a large number of people for unlimited calls and text. We all got the minimum contract then as 90% of our communication was with each other.
Trip down memory lane aside, it is now switched back off.
PS Although they have since crossed over I have been "Grandma" to three shepherds. A black and tan, a solid white and a solid black. They all were adopted as adults..3, 4 and 9 years old.