King Boots, a champion sheepdog accused of...

King Boots, a champion sheepdog accused of fatally mauling an 87-year-old woman, was “doing just fine” in Birmingham, Mich., after he was defanged and neutered to comply with a court order. The surgery was an alternative to death by injection. The dog’s owners, Kathryn and Charles Schwarb, were ordered to arrange the surgery instead of having the animal destroyed for the Dec. 19 death of Gertrude Monroe, who was Kathryn Schwarb’s mother. City officials sought King Boots’ death, charging that the attack killed Monroe, but the Schwarbs contended she died of natural causes and fell on the sleeping dog.