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Available from Amazon today only, Witness Unleashed, legal thriller from Louie Flann.

http://www.amazon.com/Witness-Unleashed-ebook/dp/B006ZRE98Q/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_i...

Picture this: you ask your dog, "What do you want, puppy?"  And he answers you by leaving the room and coming back with his leash. Or you tell him: "Get me the paper," and he comes back, not with your shoe or his bowl, but with the newspaper that you asked for. Perfect communication between you and your dog.

There are other things that you can talk about, depending on your dog's vocabulary and the training he has had to sharpen his communication skills. Some dogs can recognize up to 400 words. Words like foods he likes, names of family members, places in the house and names of toys are some of the things he has committed to memory.

If we go back to our original question, "What do you want, puppy?"  there are several different answers your dog could have given: a walk, throw the ball, a snack. Your dog thought about your question before he answered. Smart dog—yes he is.

This story is about a lost dog who was trained by an animal behaviorist to express himself as best he could. And, during his training, it became apparent that he had witnessed something shocking, something that changed him.

In 1994, a brutal crime was discovered by the wailing of a dog. That dog prompted neighbors to find the crime scene. This was Nicole Simpson's dog and this was the thought behind Witness Unleashed. What if that Akita could have told what she saw?

This is a work of fiction but the feats our dog performs are within canine capabilities. Any Google search will bear this out.

http://www.amazon.com/Witness-Unleashed-ebook/dp/B006ZRE98Q/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_i...

I'm sorry to report that one of the best restaurants here, in Naples, Florida, closed today.

They were, best of all, a place of good food. Their Spaghetti Western was my favorite-- prime rib with a side order of spaghetti,

Wine was available by the bottle or by the glass from a fancy machine that housed about forty bottles. Insert your gift card into the machine and it will dispense a sample or a glass from their large selection.

And then there is their servers. I hate it when I'm talking at the table and the waiter comes over and starts explaining things that he thinks is important. Here, the waiter comes to the table and waits for me to finish my conversation before telling us of the fun for the day.

Naples Tomato, I'll miss you