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up, laughing so hard that when he threw
the stick again it only went half the distance it did before.
I doubled up laughing.
Before the dog got back with the stick again, Morgan was
up on the shore, heading towards me with a big grin.
"Look out!" The dog barreled straight for him, tail up,
ears up, and stick hanging half out of its mouth. Water streamed
from its body.
Morgan whirled and said, "No" in a tone that made me
freeze. The dog stopped, surprise on its face. Morgan looked
right into its eyes, and flung a hand to the left, "Go on, out of
here." in no uncertain terms. Not loud, simply certain. It's
ears and tail went down, but it turned away. "Good pup," I heard
the caress in the voice, and the ears cocked in his direction,
but the dog kept on going away. Suddenly it took off in a red
streak of effort, perhaps back to its master.
"You ever tried training dogs?" I asked in some curiosi-
ty.
"Yeah...but it got boring. They're great at doing what I
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