Ken Layne

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Two years ago tomorrow, we found a dirty street dog nearly drowned in our neighbor's pool. He had been barking out for help, but we couldn't see where the noise was coming from. Finally, Laura went looking around and a wet black head popped out of the neighbor's swimming pool, which hadn't been covered for the winter (or drained) despite the 30-degree weather.

We dragged out the 75-pound beast. His legs were so numb that he just toppled over when I set him on the ground. We took him inside our house, wrapped him in towels, set him by the fire and hoped he wouldn't die. It is bad luck for a stray dog to die in your house the weekend after Thanksgiving.

He didn't die. He ate a little cat food, had some water, warmed up, and seemed to get comfortable with us. When he was all dry and…

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