Of dogs, love, life, pheasants, habitat and companionship

Kyle Danhausen shares some love with his German shorthair Jacob Wednesday while hunting at Steward Pheasant Habitat Area. (Dale Bowman)

LEE, Ill.—As we barreled north on I-355, I asked Kyle Danhausen why his 3-year-old German shorthair was named Jacob.

“Ezekiel [a puppy] had to be put down at 12 weeks with an enlarged heart,” he said. “It was a horrific event for us.”