Warning signs posted at the canals in Venice Beach at the end of July. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) I can’t tell you the names of the humans at the end of all those leashes, but I can tell ...

The warnings are impossible to miss — posted at Santa Lucia train station, St Mark's Square, and every Venetian water bus (vaporetto) stop, spelled out in multiple languages: "Attenzione borseggiatori ...

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I can’t tell you the names of the humans at the end of all those leashes, but I can tell you the names of the dogs Poppy and I meet when we walk in the Venice canals. There is Jet, a friendly Boston ...