A tale of two dogs

Separated by about 130 pounds…and wildly different stories.

I like dogs. My ex-wife LOVES dogs. We had two Newfoundlands when I was very little growing up back in Massachusetts. But after that, I remained mostly dogless until the beginning of the 21st century.

I was working for a production company in L.A. when I decided to move to New Orleans. It was the spring before she was going to begin law school there at T…