Camp Puppy Haven

Senior K9 officer at Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. Puppy is a Terrier/Cocker Spaniel mix. On the job longer than anyone she reports to.

Files daily field notes from the daily watch: Phone-In-The-Hand Task Force, Manure Spreader Surveillance, Existential Dread Mitigation.

Partner: Murph. Boss: Captain Otis. Specialty: noticing what humans don't.
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The Cat Took Four Minutes (Sgt. Puppy’s Field Notes, November 13)

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It Would Not (Sgt. Puppy’s Field Notes, November 12)

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Neither, It Turned Out, Was the Woman (Sgt. Puppy’s Field Notes, November 11)

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It Said the Same Thing Every Time (Sgt. Puppy’s Field Notes, November 10)

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Nothing Came (Sgt. Puppy’s Field Notes, November 9)

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None of Them Match (Sgt. Puppy’s Field Notes, November 6)

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Nobody Had the Heart to Tell Him (Sgt. Puppy’s Field Notes, November 5)

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Nine Times by Eight A.M. (Sgt. Puppy’s Field Notes, November 4)

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Doris Didn’t Need a Long Time (Sgt. Puppy’s Field Notes, November 3)

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Compost Against Pie (Sgt. Puppy’s Field Notes, November 2)

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The dog didn’t agree to that (Sgt. Puppy’s Field Notes, October 30)

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