Pet Tales

Life lessons learned from our furred — and feathered — friends

It’s not like learning from animals is anything new. From the snake in Genesis to the crow in Aesop, animals have spent ages teaching humans lessons about life. We grow up on animal stories, from The Very Busy Spider to The Call of the Wild. This year, we’re listening to the lessons of the animals.

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The Sniff Sense

There's nothing like a dog for finding what's long gone.

In the flowerbeds that border Heather Roche’s front yard lie human bones, crematorium ashes and a vial of blood. The remains are training tools to hone the noses of her two cadaver dogs, Red and Raven.

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Dock of the Bay

Log on to find lost pets: An Anne Arundel County website keeps Rover from roving too far … To see them is to love them: Homeless dogs find publicists in Calvert 4-H'ers … Our hapless neighbors: Dog rescued from the drink … This week's Creature Feature: Twittering is for the Bears.

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