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Room 4
The man in the waiting room wanted everyone to know that the doctor in front of him was not good enough.
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The Horse Nobody Could Ride
The chestnut mare at Willow Bend had thrown every rider who tried her and was bound for the kill auction...
The Dog They Wanted Put Down
The county had a court order to euthanize the Hendersons' dog for "attacking" a meter reader, and the family had...
The Mutt at the Country Club
Preston Vance spent eleven thousand dollars on a champion-bred Weimaraner and called the shelter mutt his daughter rescued an embarrassment...
Three Legs and Three Hundred Miles
The three-legged dog showed up at the back door of Rosie's Diner on the coldest morning in March, and the...
The Cat Who Wouldn't Let Her Eat
The gray cat hissed and swatted the bowl out of seven-year-old Lily's hands for the third night running, and her...
Where the Dog Goes at Night
Every night at dusk the farm dog slipped under the fence and disappeared until dawn, and Russ Tilley had finally...
The K-9 They Called a Failure
The department retired Ranger in disgrace the autumn a six-year-old went missing in Hollar's Woods, and for four years everyone...
The Dog Who Wouldn't Stop Digging
For nine days after the funeral, the old collie dug at the same patch of frozen ground under the apple...
Seven Years on Death Row
The black-and-tan dog in kennel 14 had been at the Pickaway County shelter for seven years, and the only reason...