In my February “Dear Reader” column, I issued a challenge: “If your dog is as smart as our Sadie, I’ll grant you a year’s subscription.” I didn’t expect much from this tongue-in-cheek wager, but 400 replies later, I see I badly underestimated the situation. After all, these are your DOGS I was woofing about. And your stories of sly, wry, silly companions were so poignant and funny that we decided to publish a kennel of them. One reader did earn the free RD because of her pooch’s teaching feats, but let’s be clear: Sadie is still co-champ.
THE WINNER!
Colby Taught a Toddler to Walk
I was sitting in the living room, keeping an eye on my one-year-old daughter, Rachel, who was crawling around. Colby, a retired guide dog, was…
