Tag Archives: Dogs

Survival of blasto dog

Posted on December 13, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell The squirrels are back to hiding in the trees behind our Plymouth, Michigan house since our dog, Patti, got cured of the rare malady she contracted last summer from hanging out around our cottage in McGregor Bay. … Continue reading →

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A dog’s best friend

Posted on November 22, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Peppermint Patti JOTR Columnist An annoying whine, Sophie, is a dog’s best friend. The dog who hesitates to whine, for fear of bothering two-leggers, will never be enshrined as an exemplar of canine nobility and self-abnegation. Nothing good happens … Continue reading →

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They never ask the dog

Posted on September 3, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Peppermint Patti JOTR Columnist It’s not fair to blame it all on the two-leggers, Sophie. And yet. It’s hard for me to see how I myself could be to blame. Was it my decision to load up a car … Continue reading →

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What’s wrong with the yard

Posted on August 30, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Peppermint Patti JOTR Columnist I’ll tell you about my summer from hell later, Sophie. Right now, I want to know what in the world happened to all the bush-tails? When we left this place, there was a spring crop … Continue reading →

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Blasto!

Posted on August 4, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell We nearly lost our star columnist. Last time I wrote about Peppermint Patti, she’d undergone surgery to repair a snapped anterior cruciate ligament. They shaved her left hind leg and a veterinary surgeon reconnected the ligament in … Continue reading →

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Warning the neighborhood

Posted on June 21, 2010 by hro50ta1

Peppermint Patti is still convalescing from surgery to repair her left hind anterior cruciate ligament. She still has not related to her editor how in the world this injury occurred. We are hoping she may give us the details in … Continue reading →

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Lesson for brush-butts

Posted on June 14, 2010 by hro50ta1

After nearly two weeks of taking pain pills and sleeping most of the time, star JOTR columnist Peppermint Patti underwent surgery today for her blown knee. We presume she twisted her left hind leg in pursuit of one of those … Continue reading →

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We need a union

Posted on May 18, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Peppermint Patti JOTR Columnist It is true, Sophie, that my two-leggers put my name on top of these columns that I write free for them. That is as it should be, I suppose, though I hear the male two-legger often … Continue reading →

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Bush-tail election

Posted on April 22, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Peppermint Patti JOTR Columnist The bush-tails took a vote, Sophie, and they want me out of the yard. Isn’t that precious? I’ve never been so flattered. They held their congress all afternoon — didn’t you hear their chattering? They … Continue reading →

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Offing and all that

Posted on March 17, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Peppermint Patti JOTR Columnist Can’t live with em, can’t live without em. Right, Sophie? One way or another, we’re stuck with our two-leggers. For better or for worse. But dog, there are two-leggers and then there are two-leggers. Know … Continue reading →

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