Panda, Jessica and Fergus in Colorado. Photo: Goldbrun P. Maynard, Jr. In February this year, we published, in three parts, Leslie Smith’s compelling account of “the barber’s dog,” dubbed Fella. In the final part, Smith drove Fella to Colorado, to join a famed pit bull rescue program. Fella was renamed Fergus and, Smith wrote, “This is where the […]
The barber’s dog
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The barber’s dog: Kindness of strangers ends the tale
Photo: Leslie Smith This is the third and final part of the barber’s dog story. Read Part 1 and Part 2. Leslie Smith volunteers at the Berkeley Animal Shelter. One day she stumbles upon a Fella. He’s filthy, smelly, and appears to be neglected. Smith starts visiting the dog in her lunch-hours, playing with him through the chain-link […]
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The barber’s dog, it turns out, has another friend
Fella, the neglected dog, on a lot behind a fence in Oakland. Photo: Leslie Smith This is Part 2 in a three-part series. Read Part 1. Leslie Smith volunteers at the Berkeley Animal Shelter. One day she stumbles upon a dog who, as she describes it, is filthy, smelly, and appeared to be neglected. Smith takes pity […]
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The barber’s dog, and one woman’s bid to save him
Through the fence: the only way Smith could communicate with the barber’s dog the first few times she saw him.. Photo: Leslie Smith Through the fence: the only way Smith could communicate with the barber’s dog the first few times she saw him.. Photo: Leslie Smith Leslie Smith volunteers at the Berkeley Animal Shelter. One […]