Off The Hook
January 26, 2018

A dog’s life

By Melanie Behrens

The second dog in the family, Daisy, pictured above, knew how to ring the bell to go outside and fetch the newspaper. She could carry the smaller ones, weekday papers, in her mouth, but had to drag the large weekend papers.
(Photo submitted)
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