It was a 14 year old kid home from school - no adult at home with him - shot a .22 rifle from his bedroom window at my dog that was in the woods behind his house.
Some people knew who did it but wouldn't tell me until the transient father and his two teenage boys moved away a month later. I think they were afraid I might take the 'law' into my own hands. That was forty years ago, and in those days I might have...
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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