b'In October of 2012, I was dealing with a very dark depression and came very close to hanging myself inmy garage. Luckily, I realized what was happening andwas able to stop myself. A week later my wife and IOnly At The adoptedaveryscaredSpanishGreyhoundwhoseowner was going to hang her in a tree because she wasPrecipice Do no longer useful to him. The irony was not lost on me.I spent months working with Leena to help herWe Evolve learn to trust people again, and because of this, I for-got about my depression. Leena literally saved my life.She passed away in April of 2015. Now when IBy Travis Patenaude find myself in darkness, I think about her and I canfeel her next to me comforting me. This image is tohonor her and to thank her.Leena is the reason mywife and I started an adoption group for the HuntingDogs of Spain. WhenIsaidgood-byetoLeena,IpromisedIwould be a voice for her and all the Hunting Dogs ofSpain.I purchased my first DLSR camera in Augustof 2014, with a goal to tell the story of these dogsthroughphotographyandshowhowIseethemthrough my eyes. Leena gave me this new voice through photographyand my goal is to share her story with everyone I can.U42 THE NEW BARKER www.TheNewBarker.com'