The only way this pairing came about is that as a staff and an agency, we are dog-crazy. We thought this was a different kind of niche to attract more people. ... We wanted to attract more families, and not just your super-jock types.

We had a guy two years ago and his pug who had a great time running the 10K.

It is scary, scary and rare. Because what we know is most sexual assaults, the victim and the perpetrator know each other to some degree. So stranger assaults only make up about 20 percent of the sexual assaults we see and for them to come within days of each other is very rare and very frightening.

A 13-year-old is too young to consent (to sexual intercourse). It is a statute. It is a good thing.