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.
Cream typewriter-paper background with the closing paragraph centered in monospace ink: ‘One bag was already open. It was Thursday. Doris took the porch. I took the kitchen.’ Dated 10/29/26. THiNK LiKE A DOG wordmark in the lower right.

Six bags of full-size candy bars (Sgt. Puppy’s Field Notes, October 29)

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Winter Was Still Coming (Sgt. Puppy’s Field Notes, October 28)

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Cream typewriter-paper background with the closing paragraph centered in monospace ink: ‘A woman was fitting her retriever for a lobster suit. Third try. The retriever stood for it. Dave took a picture. Nobody filed a complaint.’ Dated 10/27/26. THiN

The Retriever Stood for It (Sgt. Puppy’s Field Notes, October 27)

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Cream typewriter-paper background with the closing paragraph centered in monospace ink: ‘The woman stood in the yard a long time after. The Goose leaned on her leg. Nobody closes something on purpose without missing it a little.’ Dated 10/26/26. THiN

See You in May (Sgt. Puppy’s Field Notes, October 26)

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Cream typewriter-paper background with the closing paragraph centered in monospace ink: ‘A woman was scraping her windshield with a library card. The scraper was in the trunk. Murph knew. Murph doesn’t lie. He also doesn’t volunteer.’ Dated 10/23/26.

A Library Card for the Windshield (Sgt. Puppy’s Field Notes, October 23)

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The Man Was the One Who Was Nervous — Sgt. Puppy Field Notes

The Goat Was Not Consulted (Sgt. Puppy’s Field Notes, October 22)

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He Was Keeping Time (Sgt. Puppy’s Field Notes, October 21)

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Cream typewriter-paper background with the closing paragraph centered in monospace ink: ‘A woman noticed the neighbors could see into her kitchen again. She hung a curtain. Her dog has been seen his whole life. He never minded.’ Dated 10/20/26. THiNK

Her Dog Has Been Seen His Whole Life (Sgt. Puppy’s Field Notes, October 20)

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Cream typewriter-paper background with the closing paragraph centered in monospace ink: ‘A man spent all morning setting orange stakes along his driveway so the plow could find it in January. He measured every gap twice. The dogs have never once lost

Past the Last Stake, It’s Us (Sgt. Puppy’s Field Notes, October 19)

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Doris Says It Was the Same Gourd (Sgt. Puppy’s Field Notes, October 16)

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