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Bruce D. Ringer’s love of dogs and his wife were manifest, and not surprisingly intertwined. The longtime, legendary dog trainer, Ringer, 63, of Tarentum, died of colon cancer on Dec. 20. He was a dog trainer for more than 35 years and opened the first doggie day care in Allegheny County. Ringer was the first nationally certified professional dog trainer, according to his family, and the first certified “dog nose work” instructor in Western Pennsylvania. He participated in the search at the Flight 93 crash scene in Shanksville after the 9/11 attacks. “We met over a German shepherd puppy,” said Kim Ringer, his wife of 37 years. ....