Today's field note from Sgt. Puppy and the morning watch at Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont.
A man from Connecticut tried to walk to the mailbox without bug spray. He made it twenty yards. Came back wearing a halo of mosquitoes. This is Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont.
It was Wednesday, May 13th. The mosquitoes were out and in charge, the air soft and green. We were working the morning watch out of Existential Dread Mitigation. My partner's Murph. The boss is Lieutenant Pickles. My name's Puppy.
The man wanted to know what we use. We told him dogs don't. The mosquitoes have an arrangement with the fur to leave us alone.
Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes are published most weekday mornings.
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Standard issue at Camp Puppy Haven: tees, sweatshirts, and hoodies for the humans on morning watch.
Just Doing What My Dog Tells Me — Dog Icon Tee
$24.99
People buy this shirt when they've stopped pretending the dog isn't in charge. The design treats the confession like a label. "I don't know" sits at the top in a boxy frame, set like documentation on a parts bin. "Just… read more
