WICHITA — There are more 42,500 dogs registered in Wichita.
Only 38 are named Smokey.
And of those only one — a shy, fawn-colored, 6-year-old, 7-pound Chihuahua mix, has helped keep Michele Longabaugh alive.
Reach for your hankies, dog lovers:
Smokey is good medicine.
HE WAS JUST A PUP
As told by Longabaugh, a Wichita registered nurse, the story goes like this:
Longabaugh misunderstood six years ago why her doctor had ...