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Uno the beagle takes first winning steps at Westminster

Uno the beagle turned Madison Square Garden into his own big, green backyard.

City Council to vote on feral cat care

A woman in Pigtown looks forward to her regular visitors: alley cats that come for their daily fix of food.

Hobbled by amputation, Henry inspires others

Henry is a three-legged cat who has published two books and answered more than 20,000 personal letters; a feline who, while he may have used up one or two of his own nine lives, has gone on to comfort and inspire thousands of human ones.

Last of a seven-part series

End of tale

The mystery is over -- one of them, anyway.

Sixth in a seven-part series

She's acting on her animal instincts

Sure, my dog talks.

Fifth of a seven-part series

Down memory lane and over to 21229

Maybe the reason I'm so interested in the past of my dog is because of the dogs of my past.

Fourth of a seven-part series

A puzzle even for a pack of experts

Few people have more intimate knowledge of my dog than Dr. John Trujillo does -- he did, after all, relieve Ace of his reproductive bits -- but as far as what Ace might be, breed-wise, Trujillo had never volunteered a guess and didn't particularly care.

Third of a seven-part series

DNA test can reveal what mutt can't

Inside every creature there is DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid.

Basic breeds

• Afghan hound

Second of a seven-part series

At shelter, barking up the wrong tree

As reporters, we're not supposed to fall in love with those we write about -- no matter how soulful a set of eyes they flash at you.

First of a seven-part series

A dogged quest

There are 75 million dog stories in America. This is one of them.

About the series

John Woestendiek has been a features reporter at The Sun for six years. Previously he worked as a reporter, columnist, national correspondent and editor at four other newspapers -- the Arizona Daily Star, Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader, The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer and The Philadelphia Inquirer, where he received a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 1987 for his reporting on prisons and mental institutions. Woestendiek, 53, lives in South Baltimore with his dog, Ace.

In Md., dogs and dining don't mix

Nobody knows who it was, but someone definitely ratted out Duke, and he's not happy. You can see it in his eyes. And in his tail.

Finding Nemo (in the fridge)

JUST AS A LITTLE GIRL NAMED VIRGINIA DID with her questions about Santa Claus, Lawrence Silberman chose a letter to the editor to express his misgivings about something he found hard to believe - the first weight loss medicine for dogs was hitting the market.

Getting on their good side

Of all the strange creatures at the beach - jellyfish floating like ghosts in the waves, blood-sucking deer flies searching the sand for human flesh, gold chain-wearing middle-aged men prowling the nightclubs - none has creeped out as many vacationers as this one.

What the turtle fears

Living life in a shell, Lucky wasn't used to all the attention.

A feline regatta

The cats were quite hungry

Dealing an Ace to a shuffled life

Suddenly this spring, I found myself alone. Don't worry, nobody died or anything. It was just the standard spousal parting of ways, followed by the standard reclaiming of space -- painting the walls colors I liked, moving furniture where I wanted it, purging the cupboard of nutritious foods and replacing it with food as it is meant to be: processed and microwaveable.

The dog who rescued Richard Nixon

She taught music. He was a traveling salesman. They never gained much fame. But, with help from their cocker spaniel Boots, they may have changed the course of history.