Sandy was a dog my grandparents adopted from the humane society many years ago. My brother and I were still kids and he was wonderful with us as he was with all the people he met. But Sandy had a past that none of us could ever know about and that past influenced what kind of pooch he would become. He was very playful and had a good nature about him. He probably weighed all of 30 pounds, but the little dickens would regularly uproot his tether anchor, or once even pulled a long 4″ X 4″ board from the porch structure,  and dragged it across the street to see the cows when he noticed they were out! He learned many words and tricks of all types. My grandmother often joked that he must have been a circus dog. He surely would have had a grand stage presence! He looked  like he was smiling or laughing most of the time and loved showing off his beautiful “feathers” on...