MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • October 16, 2022
Camie Barrow was just an urban dog owner strolling through Boston Common when she saw her new puppy tormenting and chasing pigeons. Clancy, an English springer spaniel from a bird-hunting lineage, was simply doing what his DNA called him to do: flush birds. So Barrow, who also came from a bird-hunting lineage as the daughter of a man who hunted with bird dogs, brought Clancy to a professional bird dog trainer who could teach Clancy to bring the birds back unharmed, as bird dogs do on hunts. Thus began a journey that led Barrow to move to Maine, meet the man who would become her husband, and achieve national success as a bird dog handler.