Her caregivers here at the Best Friends Animal Society sanctuary, the new home for 22 of Mr. Vick's former dogs, are less concerned with her physical wounds than her emotional ones.
Even his choice of tattoos belies a gentler nature, from the character from his favorite comic book, The Realm of Chaos, etched on his forearm to the heart and scroll adorned with the names of his two former dogs, Sasha and Blue, on his bicep.
When he walked in, his assistant handed him coffee — in a "World's No. 1 Dad" mug — and he sat down at a table surrounded by pictures of his former dogs, a signed portrait of Sheryl Crow (he's a fan) and a view of the Statue of Liberty.
Why did you refuse the opportunity to meet with some of your former dogs when it was offered to you in a controlled environment that would have satisfied all the legal issues at the time?
For the former, dogs are the main viral reservoir host; for the latter, several species of wild carnivores and bats maintain independent rabies enzootics.
The former dogs had been sensitized epicutaneously once weekly for 8 wk to the house dust mite Dermatophagoides farinae (powder of milled dust mite, 99% pure Dermatophagoides farinae, mixed with saline to a pasty consistency; Greer Laboratories, North Carolina).
