Love at first bark Friday afternoon at Lewis Kingman Dog Park, old Historic Route 66 or Andy Devine Hwy. L-R: Bella, 8 month old German Shepherd owned by Louise Furman of Valley Vista and Gump, 4-6 months old, rescued by Shannon Keith of Golden Valley.

Louise Furman, 83, who was a nurse for President Eisenhower had two dogs at the park (Bella and Dakota, an 8 year old Australian Sheep dog said, “I belong to them; they don’t belong to me.”

Furman said she wrote a book, titled “Rescuing Our Human: Visitations from Above and Beyond,” about Chloe the Cat as an antagonist, and full of humor. She said the book is available on Amazon for $11. Connie “Ceejay” Jones