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July 22, 2008

Dogsitters take note

A Utah man who returned early from vacation fired three shots Sunday night at what he thought was an intruder in his home, but turned out to be his dogsitter.

The Salt Lake City Tribune reported yesterday that all three shots missed the 17-year-old petsitter.

Police said the boy, who was a neighbor, had been watching the man's home in West Jordan and taking care of his dogs while he was away on vacation. The man returned from vacation early, and when the boy entered his home Sunday, he mistook him for a robber.

A spokesman said it had not been determined if charges would be filed.

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About Jill Rosen

Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.

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