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Considered the Matter Closed (Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes, August 5)

Erin Wood
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Today's field note from Sgt. Puppy and the morning watch at Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont.

Typewriter-style note on cream paper, dated 08/05/26. Three paragraphs of monospace text reading: "Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. The spring box up the hill. The buried line down through the woods. The hydrant by the barn. The stock tank at the bottom of it all. Water goes downhill here. So do the dogs. It was Wednesday, August 5th. It was warm and overcast in Camp Puppy Haven, cool overnight. We were working the day watch out of Gravity Line Detail. My partner's Doris. The boss is Lieutenant Birch. My name's Puppy. A woman was checking the stock tank twice a day to see if the level had dropped. It hadn't. Doris drank from it and considered the matter closed." Signed THiNK LiKE A DOG.

Camp Puppy Haven, Vermont. The spring box up the hill. The buried line down through the woods. The hydrant by the barn. The stock tank at the bottom of it all. Water goes downhill here. So do the dogs.

It was Wednesday, August 5th. It was warm and overcast in Camp Puppy Haven, cool overnight. We were working the day watch out of Gravity Line Detail. My partner's Doris. The boss is Lieutenant Birch. My name's Puppy.

A woman was checking the stock tank twice a day to see if the level had dropped. It hadn't. Doris drank from it and considered the matter closed.


Sgt. Puppy's Field Notes are published most weekday mornings.

Read the full series at Camp Puppy Haven.

Standard issue at Camp Puppy Haven: tees, sweatshirts, and hoodies for the humans on morning watch.

Feel Better. Dog Lover Tee — Distressed Text

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Feel Better. THiNK LiKE A DOG. Two words, off-white, a little worn at the edges, like most of us by Thursday. Your dog doesn't make the hard days disappear. They just make them lighter. This tee is the short version… read more

Feel Better. Dog Lover Tee — Distressed Text

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