I usually take the dogs out for a long neighborhood walk at least once a day, teaching them to stay off people’s lawns and frequent the leaf and yard debris in the street gutter for sniffing and marking. A while back we were making the rounds, when we came upon an elderly lady sitting on her front porch. There was a younger woman doing work in the yard. As we neared, the lady pointed at us and said, “Oh look. There’s a deer. I haven’t seen a deer around here ever.” The woman in the yard asked if the...






