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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A Man Was Worried About the Weekend (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, June 5)

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No Ill Effects Reported (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, June 4)

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The Dog Never Complains (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, June 3)

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Not Thinking About Anything (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, June 2)

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The Week Got Smaller (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, June 1)

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The Black Flies Had Opinions. (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, May 29)

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His Dog Had Already Made Peace With the Flies (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, May 28)

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We Were on the Squirrel's Side (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, May 27)

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The Alibi Held (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, May 25)

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We Watched from the Screen Door (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, May 22)

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