b'Once More Before You GoBy Anna CookePhotography by Anne YarbroughWhat is a dogs purpose? We continue to search for that shelter. He was the only dog there who didnt jump on me,answereveryday,thesubjectofwhichbecomesstories said Marissa. He was just sitting in his kennel.about dogs doing extraordinary things. However different Brody was a police confiscation, found abandoned in athe breed, size, temperament, or backstory, perhaps the one house.Hewasinterribleshapeheartwormpositive,commonality that all dogs have is their ability to help give skinny, and with a bad ear infection. Despite all he hadpurpose to our own lives. It is the art of dog. They have an going against him, it was Brodys calm stature that stoppedinnate power to remind us that, sometimes it is okay to just Marissa in her tracks.let go. We just made eye contact, and I knew. I adopted himEight years ago, when Marissa Marazzi was volunteer- right on the spot.ing for her local shelter, she finally decided the time was Marissa nursed him back to health. He knew I wasright to adopt a dog of her own. Or maybe it was the other helping him, but he was also very submissive, sometimesway around. Perhaps the dog she would name Brody knew even flinching at certain movements I would make whileMarissa was ready for a dog, and that dog would be him. caring for him, said Marissa. He remained a submissiveThousands of times, I walked the corridors of the dog all of his life. gContinued on next pageAbove: Marissa Marazzi and Brodywww.TheNewBarker.com THE NEW BARKER 75'