The 3-month-old in question was not our child but our dog. We do have children ... of the pain of divorce and the complications of a blended family, we made the decision early on not to force ...

There was no hesitation, said Chris MacRitchie, who courageously jumped into the frigid Winooski River in a T-shirt to save a struggling canine ... MacRitchie said his young son first noticed the dog ...