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Pet Set No fuzzy logic here: It’s puppy love
INSIDE:
Meet author Michael Hingson
PLUS:
Yes? Or no? The great mountain lion debate continues as local sightings increase
He survived the 9-11 World Trade Center disaster with – and because of – his seeing-eye dog Roselle Find out why buying that real, live Easter chick may not be such a great idea Happy ending: Frantic search and rescue mission to save a little kitten from certain death SPRING 2019
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IN THE
Spring 2019 – PET PEEVES
26 PHOTO BY SAWYER GUINN
FACES & PLACES
40 PHOTO BY GWEN BORDEAUX
29 Think before you buy that cute Easter animal
23 Blue Ridge Wildlife Center helps care for region’s native fauna
31 Memorialize your pet
24 Local shelters protect, champion the county’s homeless animals 25 Seeing-eye dog makes the grade on 9-11
32 Raising the bar on the science of horse expressions 32 Play the animal name game 33 Dumpster is one lucky kitty 35 Popular cat TNR program, demystified and debated 36 Join the great (ongoing) mountain lion debate: Are you a believer or detractor?
26 Hit the trail with your pup
40 Animal communication, made easy with Holli Shan
EXTR AS
■ Tidbits .......................................... 8 ■ Then and now ............................. 11 ■ Side by side ................................ 12 ■ The Last Word ............................ 50
11 PHOTO BY MARTHA GIBSON CRUMMETT
PHOTO BY PAM BRUNGER
LIFE & STYLE
19 Flying high with these masters of the sky: Meet the local falconers
23 Meet two of Fauquier’s cutest pets: Ozzie the pink-spotted leopard gecko
48 FOOD & WINE 44 Discover plenty of places to party with your pet at dog-friendly wineries and coffee shops 45 Toast the season with these spring beers and wine events 46 The history of the hot dog has worldwide reach 47 Home & Garden extra: Oh, deer – Don’t let these hungry visitors dine on your garden this growing season 48 Home & Garden extra: Composting experiment yields a year’s supply of family food
ON THE COVER Cover model Duke is about 4 years old, a black Labrador mixed, in all likelihood, with a variety of other breeds. His actions and behaviors most often say hound and pointer. He was found emaciated on the side of a North Carolina road, but his story becomes much happier from there. I adopted him through a local Lab rescue group (lab-rescue.org), and he’s now a properly spoiled, very well-fed princeling in Middleburg. The other cover model, Lindsey Gade was a natural for this cover shoot, having grown up with a Newfoundland in her Long Island, New York home. We first tried the “animal-human connection” shot with a horse, then a goat, then a cat, but they didn’t quite understand the photographer’s directive to “communicate” with Lindsey through their eye-to-eye contact. Duke, on the other hand, understood immediately, albeit with a little help from a hidden treat behind Lindsey’s ear. The composition was easy because both models grasped the assignment perfectly. I used a Nikon D850 body with a 50mm prime lens shot at F/4.5, ISO 400 at 1/80th of a second with the filtered, natural sunlight coming through the trees at 10 a.m. – Chris Cerrone
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