b'contentsThe Art of Dog. TMFEATURES The New BarkerIssue 48/summer 2023 FEATURES24 38Stop And Smell All Aboard WithThe Stories Sailor Logan26 50The Best, Best Boy This Is DedicatedIn The World To The One I Love28 56It Always Seems Impossible The Calm BeforeUntil Its Done The Storm33 60The Strategy Behind An Active HomeSB 942 Is A Forever Home34 Bronco by Mary VretasLove Lives On Price $5.99 Issue 48 Summer 2023 TMThe story behind the dog the art of dog A gathering place for inspiring dog storieswhose name gracesa sanctuary in Myakka City Southeastern Guide Dogs Puppy-In-Training at Healthy, adoptable dogs are beingDogs Day in Dade CityDog Socials, 788472CATCH A WAVE AND YOURE destroyed in our shelters for lack ofspace. Our cover artist Mary VretasSITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD is memorializing them through herpaintings, like Bronco, featuredon this issues cover. He was owner-surrendered to a Tampa Bay areaF private, non-profit shelter whotransferred him to a municipalshelter, where he was placed on theeuthanasia list. Broncos story has ahappier ending than most of Maryspaintings. Find out whathappened to Bronco on page 65.lEvery cover of The New Barker,Rayne, a two-year-old Border Collie at the since 2006, has featured an original63ARTIST PROFILE MARY VRETAS: work of art by a different artist. Hang 8 Surf Dog competition in Flagler Beach. PAINTING TO VALIDATE THE LOST LIVES To view all of the covers visitPhotograph by Denise Cashin. OF SHELTER ANIMALS www.TheNewBarker.comand click on STORE. www.TheNewBarker.com THE NEW BARKER1'