ASPEN Jackson heard Dixie growl a warning and then start barking. Then a boom at the back of his house. Dixie yelping. Just before he got to the kitchen door he saw the intruder had crossed the kitchen and was bringing his gun up. Dixie was on the floor behind the perp and Jackson saw blood, lots of blood. She lunged and bite the man in the calf of his leg. That gave Jackson the edge he needed and he fired. The last man was down. Jackson checked for a pulse and found a faint one, then he saw that Dixie was down and not moving. Sleepy Creek As he walked back to where he had hidden his truck he...