Pointing dog breeds were originally bred as gundogs, typically used for finding game. When a pointing dog sniffs out game, they go “on point”, freezing in position, lifting a paw and aiming their nose ...

When Ruth Thompson accepts animals at her no-kill shelter, it's typically because they're stray, abandoned or retrieved from an animal cruelty case. But every so often, Thompson, who runs the A.N.N.A.