Man bites back at dogs
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Among the quickest ways to get yourself in trouble is pointing out that all dogs are not God’s perfect creatures, nor do they belong in every space where humans conduct...
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Emily Articulated: Rescued
By Emily EricksonReader Staff My living room is softly lit, the orange lamplight casting a latticed shadow from the child gate propped in its entry. Two puppies are snuggled up beside me, looking like...
Even ‘good dogs’ die
By Tim Henney Reader Staff My son has buried my Best Friend Tippy in the backyard among the raspberry bushes. She and I were roughly the same age: in our early ’90s (in Tippy’s...
A farewell message from Drake the Dog
By Reader Staff Editor’s note: Drake the Dog was the “author” of “The Straight Poop” column for the Reader from July 2015-February 2018. The below piece is his final dispatch, filed from somewhere up...
BTAA continues to help lost and stray dogs
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff Two months after Bonner County and the cities of Sandpoint and Ponderay allowed their contracts with Better Together Animal Alliance to expire — ending their 30-year partnerships with the...
Emily Articulated: The very best boy
By Emily Erickson Reader Columnist Reid pushed the doors to the kennel open with tentative anticipation. Having moved back to his hometown after over a decade away, adopting a dog felt necessary to mark...
You can put a price on man’s best friend
By Soncirey Mitchell Reader Staff This September, Bonner County and the city of Sandpoint will allow their contracts with Better Together Animal Alliance to expire, bringing an end to two 30-year partnerships, during which...
Sandpoint council OKs off-leash dogs — with a permit — at City Beach to ward off geese
By Zach Hagadone Reader Staff After years of discussion, the city of Sandpoint is going to allow off-leash dogs at City Beach with the express purpose of harassing — and hopefully frightening off —...
Dog party
By Nishelle Gonzalez Reader Contributor When my coworker and friend Lydia texted me and asked for my mailing address, I was curious. What showed up in the mail was an invitation to Sol’s third...
Cruel party
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Of all the self-immolations in modern politics, Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem takes the cake. Or should I say dog treat? Noem is a firebrand acolyte of former-President...
