Article: My puppy sings the blues.(Chester)

Ar-aroooooooo! Chester's sad howl fills the room. Chester is our new puppy. He's only six months old, but his howl is louder than the song I am playing on the piano. He points his puppy head up so high that I can see the white fur on his chin.

Ar-aroooooooo! he howls.

"Chester, this is a happy song," I say. "How about a happy bark?"

I begin playing "Mary Had a Little Lamb" again.

Ar-aroooooooo!

Chester howls every time I practice the piano. He also howls when he sees squirrels outside our living-room window. He howls when I leave the house. He howls when the mail carrier comes. In fact, he howls all the time.

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