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They say when one door closes, another one opens.

 (And, if you’re lucky, the dog doesn’t get out.)

 Meet my new door — and your new portal to all things dog.

The video above is the one I used to bid farewell to readers of my old newspaper blog, “Mutts.” My involvement with it ends today. I’m one of about 60 people leaving the Baltimore Sun amid the latest round of cutbacks. Long story short, I couldn’t bear to hang around and watch what’s happening to my old sweetheart, newspaper journalism.

 So for now, I’m working on a book, and writing this blog and, with a lot of help from my friends, running my own website.

As with the old blog, this new website will be local (Baltimore), regional (Washington and Maryland) and national. We will go (virtually and sometimes in real life) where the dog news is, but at the same time we’ll pay special attention to our own backyard.

 As you can see from the non-profit groups we’re linking to, Baltimore comes first (except when it comes to the American League-East). But even more first are dogs — big ones, little ones, purebred ones, mutty ones, country dogs, city dogs, fancy dogs and just plain dogs.

 You can read more about our philosophy in the aptly-named “About” section.

For now, welcome aboard — especially those of you who might be following me from my old home to my new one.

You are following, aren’t you?

I’ve got treats. C’mon, now. Sit! Stay! Read!

Good dog.