KNOW THYSELF AND YOUR GO-TO MOVES

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"I know, I know, there is cute, and then there is me, this lovable cute-as-a-button beagle...

Oh yeah, this crossing the paws thingy, killer move, just killer, gets 'em every time, I consider it my 'go-to' move when in doubt..."

STOPPING THE WRONGS

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Chelsea, a question?
Chelsea: Morning, why yes, what are reparations?
KD: It’s making amends for a wrong which has been done.
C: Is this what these protests are about?
KD: Partly, I think they’re really more about stopping the wrongs.
Seeking atonement is the next step.
C: Are we going all the way back to Native Americans?
KD: We should…but we really need to commit to stopping the wrongs.
C: I’m committed, let’s get this ended.

CLARIFYING THE NEED

Morning Those Who Hunger and Thirst,

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Spot, I’m hungry.
Spot: Are you sure? At your age, you misinterpret.
KD: Well, I feel hungry…
S: And I feel with my paws, it doesn’t mean I’m grabbin’…
KD: Sheesh, can I get a break?
S: Bro, is it hunger or is it thirst? There’s a difference.
KD: Can I hunger for thirst?
S: You can, but it’s a different remedy.
KD: Best to clarify the need before getting to the fix.

GET YO HAPPY FEET ON

Morning Dancers,

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Lucky: Let it lift you off the ground, starry eyes and love is all around
Ken-Dogger: Lucky, singing already…
L: I fell like dancin’, I wanna dance the night away
KD: It’s been a while…
L: We really don’t take enough opportunities to dance.
KD: But there aren’t many places to do that?
L: You can dance anywhere, with music or not…it’s about the warmth of motion
KD: It does soothe…just watch the feet.

SOMETIMES, THE PUPS STRATEGIZE

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"I know bro...This puppy stuff can wear thin quickly...Don't worry, you'll get your turn too, you too can look silly doing 'people' stuff like driving..."

"Dude, we'll get 'em back...you know the strategy, poop 'em where they are...See how much driving they want then."

PUPS AND YOUTH

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Nope, not happening, not gettin' up, not now, not next hour, maybe not today...

I'm a puppy, oh the randomness of youth...

NO REGRETS...REALLY?

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Ken-Dogger: Morning Ollie, why the sad face?
Ollie: Was just thinking about that ‘No Regrets’ statement.
KD: Huh?
O: Yep, WH says they have no regrets about clearing out peaceful protestors.
KD: Wow, guess this means the whippings will continue…
O: Oh, you mean no regrets leads to no resolution?
KD: ‘Bout the size of it, and no resolution seems to be what carries the day now.
O: Yep, right into the arms of therapists, right into their arms…

WE OFTEN SUFFER THROUGH NOT CHANGING...

Morning Friends,

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Dagger
Dagger: Stop it, stop it…
KD: Stop what?
D: This mixture of white and black, I wanna be monochromatic.
KD: And why is that?
D: White peeps don’t like my black, and Black peeps don’t like my white.
KD: Sounds like it is their problem…
D: It truly is, but they make me suffer for it.
KD: It is easier to make you suffer, than to have them change.

Morning Peeps,

WORD

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Pup 1: "Do you smell that, what odoriferous smell.."
Pup 2: "I know right, smells like victory..."
Pup 1: "Dude, you gotta stop watching Apocalypse Now..."
Pup 2: "Dude, you gotta stop using words like odoriferous..."

KIDS, AND PUPS, SAY THE DARNEST THINGS...

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"Someday Ma, someday, you see that pasture there, I'm gonna run all over that bad boy, gonna make that pasture my bitch..."

Ma: "Wha, where'd you hear that..."

"Daddy, Ma, you wanna hear the other things he says..."

Dad: "Junior, you're gonna want to pipe down now..."

SOME JUST DO IT FOR THE DRAMA

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Ken-Dogger: Morning Zach, Jack, and Mac
Zach: Dude, we've got an emergency
KD: State your emergency
Jack: Dude, you see this box? Way, way too small
KD: Okay, we'll get a bigger box, not sure that's an emergency
Mac: Should we make it a National Emergency, seems that's the only thing that spurs action now.
KD: Well, no, that won't help either...Most times, it's just adjustments need to be made, doesn't call for all that
Z: Some just like drama I guess.

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Ken-Dogger: Morning Rocco, you gotta game?
Rocco: Yes, just pick up now though…the Bigs are off-limits
KD: Such a shame we don’t have baseball now.
R: Well, the players and the owners can’t seem to figure things out.
KD: Yes, and while they bicker, fans just sit and wait.
R: You going to a stadium once they start playing?
KD: Doubt it, but I’m high risk, others may go, it’s just can we remember the love of the game?
R: Love of the Game? Oh, you mean before greed and power took over.

BUILDING CHEMISTRY??

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Ken-Dogger: (BOOM)…(BOOM) What was THAT?
Sly: Dude, just some experiments gone awry.
KD: Oh, so I shouldn’t worry? What are you about?
S: Makin’ me a LADY…
KD: You are? And pourquoi?
S: Well, I heard you talk about chemistry in a relationship, thought I’d have at it.
KD: This isn’t how you do it, it’s built thru exchanges and give-and-take.
S: Sheesh, sounds like hard work, let me get back to the lab.
KD: You can push on or you can retreat, the choice is yours.

COULD WE JUST TRY TO BE COOL WITH EACH OTHER AGAIN?

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Jasper, what up?
Jasper: You remember that big barkin’ dog Mad Max down the street?
KD: I do J, why?
J: Well, every time we walk, Max just barks and barks and barks, it’s tiring.
KD: IKR
J: So I moseyed down there and we spoke. Turns out he’s just protecting his turf.
KD: So you told him you’re not a threat?
J: I did, turns out talking through it, led to us being cool with each other.
KD: Imagine that…

Come on, CATCH UP...

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"This is rich, these adults bark commands, want me to sit, want me to roll over...I'm so quick, they missed it.

Most times, I'm just waiting for the humans to catch up..."

KICK 'EM WHEN THEY'RE UP

Morning Peeps,

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Ken-Dogger: Bluto, what you doing?
Bluto: I was just thinkin’, I could have been an actor, but I wound up here.
KD: Well, you DO look good, and you’re not clear, whisper in my ear…
B: What? You want dirty laundry?
KD: Well, you’re not the bubble-headed bleached blonde…
B: And you don’t seem to know what’s going on or how far it’s gone…
KD: Guess we just keep eating our dirty laundry…
B: Kick ‘em when they’re up, kick ‘em when they’re down.

WE APPRECIATE WHAT IS EARNED

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Ken-Dogger: Well Chantay, been in the closet again I see...
Chantay: Well, saw all these kids walking in 'em, thought I'd join in
KD: Well Missy, you gotta earn that hat
C: Not all the time, have you seen some of their grades?
KD: C'mon, be nice...You'll get there, once your training is done
C: I wanna be a graduate
KD: Well then, Earn it...You'll appreciate it more
C: Huh, appreciation, must be more to it than I thought

STRETCHIN'

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Ken-Dogger: Hey there Buster, what up?
Buster: Dude, I’m stretchin’…doggie yoga, man
KD: IKR, I want to get you going and you’re stretchin’…
B: I need to know stuff works, I don’t want to get a silly injury
KD: Oh, it’s a dog’s way of knowing your body.
B: That’s it…We seem to know innately how to protect ourselves.
KD: I think you’re on to something, I’m gonna stretch more now.
B: At your age Bro, your body needs all the protection it can get.
KD: Steady, boy, steady…

SOMETIMES, WE NEED TO JOSTLE OUR HUMANITY

Morning HumanKinders,

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Ken-Dogger: Hey Cujo, what up?
Cujo: Bro, I’m worried, pandemic seems to be raging still.
KD: Not here so much, that’s in other countries.
C: And that doesn’t bother you?
KD: It does, but what am I to do?
C: Well, you could advocate for peeps who don’t have someone to advocate for them.
KD: Seems like we need to get to a group where all are helped.
C: You have that, it’s called HUMANITY.
KD: You’re right to worry…

Morning Beeps and Peeps,

BLESS-ED SLEEP

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"Head, Head, would you wake up...

Did you ever see such a cranium?"

(Homage to 'I Married an Axe Murderer')