If the U.S. State Dept. issued passports to dogs, Blanche, the apricot Toy Poodle, would have one.
An energetic 9-year-old girl named for a sassy character on the “Golden Girls” TV show, she was born in northern Japan.
Blanche has lived in three countries and traveled extensively with owner Dr. Patricia Hammer, a physician and retired major in the U.S. Air...