A breed apart 

November 22, 2006 on 12:00 pm | In Labrador Retriever News& Views |

CARY A quick trip to the pet store often becomes an irksome experience for Charlene Augello. As the Harvard resident walks though the store aisles with her pet pit bull, Maggie, mothers often give her the evil eye before they grab their children and walk the other way.

Readers share adoption tales 
The Olympian asked readers to share their experiences with pet adoptions. Here’s a sampling of the responses. My husband and I adopted Sam, a Chihuahua mix, eight months ago from a local non-profit organization called Animals in Need. Sam was rescued from Puerto Rico where he was a stray.

Dogfest raises money for NEADS 
EAST BRIDGEWATER For Larry Brennan of Boston, the saying, dog is man’s best friend holds true. Brennan suffered a spinal cord injury 15 years ago that left him paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair.