b'contentsThe Art of Dog. TMThe New Barker Volume Issue 49A quarterly publication, more or lessCOLUMNS6Editor Unleashed8Contributors12 Letters 1318 Reality Sound Bites20 & 22 Product Reviews46 Books, Movies, & MorelWe have an expanded reviewof books in this issue. Dive inand enjoy.6874Dog-friendly Dining75 Advertising Partners Directory76 A Dogs LifeHeres To Dog Health 56 Pet Insurance: If confusion50 is the first step to knowledge,then when it comes to under-standing pet insurance, wepet parents must be geniuses.FEATURES Dock DivingA splash course 58 Getting Older and Feeling24Cruise The World 50Come On In,Better. Read about how oneold girls vim and vigor have34 Like A Canine The Waters Fun returned, thanks to hydrother-We follow Logan, an A fun and informative feature apy and acupuncture.Australian Cattle Dog, and his with spectacular photos onhumans, Katie and Matt, as dock diving facilities in 63 One Last Cheeseburgerthey sail around the world. Florida. In Paradise. How can we pos-30If My Dog Were A Writer 64When I Grow Up sibly fall in love with a dogMaybe hed be all enthusiasm I Wanna Be who doesnt belong to us?Two dog walkers completewith no talent or bylines. But After decades of job-hopping one dogs bucket list.perhaps there is something and never really knowingto be learned from his what she wanted to do with 63 Let Food By Thy Medicineliterary pratfalls. her life, Patricia Misiuk finally and Medicine Be Thy Food.found her calling.34Raise A Dog,Change A LifeAs a volunteer puppy raiser for 38 SoutheasternGuideDogs, F MeghanWatsonisoften Donteasked how can she give the 42puppies back? Her answer isalways, Its not easy to give Cover Artist Profilethemup,butwhenyousee There is a story behind everythe results, its all worth it. cover of The New Barker. Someinvolve the subject of the portrait.38Lonesome No More Others involve the artist. Readabout this issues cover artist,A dog who needed to be Linda Metzger. The internationallyrehomed enters a mans life, recognized artist resides inbecomes a therapy dog Central Florida. Our cover subjectand both of their lives are is Donte, a Giant Schnauzer andforever changed. beloved dog of Marsha Panuce. www.TheNewBarker.com THE NEW BARKER1'