When Sable McGovern picked up Charlie, a 9-year-old German Shepherd Husky mix, he was a bundle of nerves. As she led him out of Anchorage Animal Care and Control, he was panting hard and spinning in anxious circles.
But only 10 minutes later, on a trail in Far North Bicentennial Park, Charlie seemed like a completely different dog. He calmly trotted in front of McGovern, wagging his tail and sniffing at plants along the trail edge.
“As soon as you get on the trail, he’s like, the perfect gentleman. He never leaves my knee. And if I kiss, he’ll look back at me,” McGovern said…