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TASTE THE WILD
UNLOCK THE PRIMAL FLAVORS OF MONTANA.
TANGEN DRAW BISON AND BEEF.
BOLD. REGENERATIVE. UNTAMED.
I shuddered and
put the phone down.
"Never again," I in-
toned. "I shall adopt
no more dogs forever."
On the way to the shel-
ter, as I sipped my gas sta-
tion coffee and nibbled my gas
station burrito, I reasoned with my-
self. I'm only going to confirm that she's a mad dog, a cat killer, a
sandwich-stealing floor urinator. It will only take a few moments
in a room with her to confirm what I already know: that she's a
nogoodnik.
"Where's Ernie," I asked the lady behind the desk, my features
already forming into a protective frown. Don't fall in love. Don't
fall in love. (With the puppy, of course, not the lady. Although
I'm sure she's wonderful.)
Ernie was brought into the room and set down like the offspring
of a mop and a pillow but with melancholic eyes. She looked at me
with them. I tried to frown, but she performed a series of flops that
brought her closer to my chair. Haltingly, I reached out to pat her,
as if to say "there, there."
But she stretched out her neck to intercept my hand and
plopped her fuzzy head into my palm. She planted me with
those big wet eyes and held my gaze.
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