There is no trophy like a dog trophy. Never a mere participation award, dog trophies are earned by finding something rank and dragging it back home or bringing other small critters dead or alive to the back step until the vanquisher is praised to no end. At great risk of compromising my age, I believe our dogs are far and above the Lassie variety that some of us remember rescuing little Timmy from the bottom of a well. Instead, they earn their commendations and keep by assuring us that they will keep local coyotes at bay, maintain the cats at just the right distance (think “social dist...