DENNIS WEST recently moved to New Mexico and is actively pursuing a career as a writer. He has written 3 plays, including a one-man play about the iconic baseball player, Babe Ruth. He is now working on a new series of children's books, "Grandma and Grandpa and the Little Red Car." In 2003, Dennis rescued Mitzi, who had spent the first 5 years of her life chained in her backyard. They have been a team ever since. In the US Air Force, Dennis was trained as a K-9 handler by the Royal Air Force while stationed in England. On his retirement from the Air Force, he worked in a non-profit organization helping facilitate access to the benefits provided by the Americans with Disabilities Act. He has also been an actor on stage and screen. In 2008, he met his wife, Carolyn, and has introduced her to skydiving. sailplane flying, and the joy of having a dog. She took him on his first whitewater rafting adventures, including a 3-day trip on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon.