Special treat

After a sampling of Egg Nog, a patient at Cayuga County Nursing Home is now talking up a storm.

The unnamed resident hadn't spoken in months, but all that changed several weeks ago when Egg Nog came into the picture.

And it wasn't a sampling of a traditional holiday beverage that triggered the changes. Actually, Egg Nog is a 7-year-old boxer/Labrador mix who was recently donated to the home, located at 7451 County House Road in Auburn, by a Camillus couple who could no longer care for the K-9.