Dog Training

Rex sped across a balance beam, and Vino sat to pose on top of a rock. Video with story

MANILLA dog Rutland Rock hadn’t won before Saturday’s meeting at Tamworth and as the race unfolded trainer Michael Ruttley thought he was going to have to wait even longer for success.

Take your dog out for a bone this weekend — Milk-Bone, that is — and take a shot at a $100,000 jackpot.

Ten days ago, I took a trip I wouldn’t have predicted. This is a story about a near-execution, a graduation and a decision by former Gov. Jim Edgar that has delivered unexpected consequences.

David Wroblewski’s debut novel, “The Story of Edgar Sawtelle,” about a boy and his dog, is a ranging story that is part coming of age, part mystery and part tragedy on the order of “Hamlet.”