Mike Bridges can’t recall a time when there wasn’t a hunting dog around the house.
His grandfather raised fox hounds and beagles, and growing up, Bridges owned a shepherd-collie mix that could tree squirrels with the best of them.
These days, Bridges raises feist dogs, the traditional terrier-type treeing dog of the Southern mountains.
“Feists are people dogs,” […]

Star-Exponent columnist Hope Smith’s op-ed Friday, “No matter what their purpose, dogs need our respect, too,” was a well written, thoughtful, and compassionate contribution to the opinion pages. Much to her credit, she directly but very diplomatically talked about her concerns over the issue of the mistreatment and neglect of hunting dogs.
Smith kept the tone […]