Dog Training

The Chilton County Sheriff’s Department along with Central Alabama K-9 began a three-day seminar yesterday to allow several different departments to receive specialized training for K-9 units.

In last week’s coverage of Monterey County’s General Plan battle (Nūz; March 21), Nūz noted how feisty land use matters can become as those plans age and time erodes the underpinnings on which they were based.

Robin Hunt used to walk her pets up to three miles a day at a Libertyville dog park. But she hasn’t since July, when two Akitas mauled her 12-pound Chihuahua mix, Deardra, and left her with $5,000 in veterinarian bills.