The Pet in the Family
Feb  - Apr 2009 On the Dock and Cover Story


On the Dock

FEB - APR 2009
Volume 15 Number 1








COVER CREDIT

Photo by Jason Miccolo Johnson (www. miccolo.com), author of the photo essay book Soul Sanctuary: Images of the African American Worship Experience and the upcoming photo essay book Legends of Our Lifetime: 100 Black
Men Who Influenced America.





COVER STORY
20 The Pet in the Family

For Gwendolyn Coley of Lanham, Maryland and Gerard Johnson of Boise, Idaho, the animals in their lives are important. Coley was about two-years-old and living in Columbus, Georgia when she saw “these beautiful white horses” pulling the wagon carrying John F. Kennedy’s casket on television. Today, she owns three horses.

While growing up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Johnson’s dream was to breed horses. However, as a city boy he found owning a horse impractical and expensive; so, his interest turned to dogs. He is now one of the nation’s top breeders of German Shorthaired Pointers.

FOCUS:  The Pet in the Family 
23  Pets on the Go: 4 Tips for

Traveling with Your Pet


FEATURE:  
24  Learning to Hate School:

Getting Over Rewards


DEPARTMENTS 
2   LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

THE PUBLISHER’S POINT
4   Am I Now a Proud American?

PRAISING THE PAST
5  York


THE OTHER SIDE
6  Prison Segregation

THE MIDDLE PASSAGE:   A STORY OF SURVIVAL
7  Ripped Apart, But

Never Defeated.

MONEY MATTERS
8   Working for the Dogs

OUR SPACE
10  Keep It Simple

TRAVEL STORY
12  Pet Friendly Vacations


HEALTH
14  Hearing Aids and Cell

Phones:  Finding Compatible

Devices Friendly Vacations

16  How is Restless Legs Syndrome Diagonosed?

RECIPE
25  Deep-Fried Puffy Breads

BOOK REVIEW
26  Left of Karl Marx

COMING UP       
27  National Pancake Day.  HBCU College Festival, Antebellum at  Woolly Mammoth and more


ENTERTAINMENT
28  Soul Rebels

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