SHAWNA RICHER: ‘A three-year-old Labrador retriever/Border collie rescue, Scout has the ears, short black coat and webbed toes of a black Lab, and the markings, feathery tail and behind, size and temperament of a Border collie. She’s intelligent, athletic, obsessive, sometimes anxious and compulsively protective. I haven’t been in the bathroom alone since the day … Continue reading A dog’s life: What would I sacrifice for the animal I love?