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Volume 15, Number 13
August 3, 2009

culture

Also in this section:
Jazz for scholarships
The Panamanian adaptation of Annie
The Photographers' Blurb
Poets' Corner
Sparky the Wonder Dog
Cool Internet sites
Panamanian bus artists persist despite diablos rojos' decline

Mezzo-Soprano Krista River
The Panama News Quote Acrostic
The comics page

It's a Dog's Life

So you might as well enjoy it

Lessons in Assertiveness

by Sparky, the Wonder Dog, a/k/a Dr. Sparkus T. Mutt

edited by P.V. Alvarado

A Leash Too Short!


Dear Doctor Mutt,

My life revolves around a 6-foot leash tied to the support beam in the garage. My water bowl and food dish rest next to the pole, so I have easy access to nourishment. I can’t complain about the food, but I certainly want to lodge my protest against the leash! I have spoken with other canines that have the run of the neighborhood, and though they are fenced in, they have the whole area to run free, and their masters take them on walks.

Why can’t I have these same privileges? Would a human tolerate such a leash? I have committed no crime, yet I am bound and must suffer. Help me please.

Leashed in Los Rios




Dear Leashed,

There are humans and there are beings who call themselves human. Obviously, your master belongs to the latter group. I empathize with your situation, and I beg all humans who have pets to reconsider their pet’s situation, and to ask themselves how they would feel if they had to live on a leash, and to at least consider investing in a fence around the yard so everyone could be happy.

Sparky
sparkytmutt@yahoo.com

Also in this section:
Jazz for scholarships
The Panamanian adaptation of Annie
The Photographers' Blurb
Poets' Corner
Sparky the Wonder Dog
Cool Internet sites
Panamanian bus artists persist despite diablos rojos' decline

Mezzo-Soprano Krista River
The Panama News Quote Acrostic
The comics page

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