Camp Puppy Haven

Field notes from Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont — filed every weekday morning. Sgt. Puppy is a 12½-year-old dog working the morning watch with her partner Murph — Phone-In-The-Hand Task Force, Manure Spreader Surveillance, Existential Dread Mitigation. The boss is Captain Otis. The humans are mostly fine. The dogs are unbothered. Weekends, the Sergeant is off duty.
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Nobody's Mentioned It (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, July 17)

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The Flamingo Is Not Asking to Be Claimed (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, July 16)

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Murph Got In (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, July 15)

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Her Dog Had Already Decided (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, July 14)

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The Swimming Hole Rope Came Without a Name (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, July 13)

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The Sky Hadn't Decided (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, July 10)

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We Were Already in It (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, July 9)

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We Did Not Interfere (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, July 8)

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Made Her Peace With Wet (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, July 7)

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Case Closed on the Dropped Hot Dog (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, July 6)

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