Category Archives: dogs

No Dogs! No No No!

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Susanna J. Sturgis

So last December the West Tisbury Parks and Recreation committee threw up a NO DOGS sign on the new public basketball court near the West Tisbury School. Trav and I had been using it a few mornings a week for … Continue reading →

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Fear

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Susanna J. Sturgis

I’ve been thinking about fear since last Tuesday’s special town meeting. Well, no: I’ve been thinking about fear since my right retina detached in the summer of 2004 and set me on the road that led to “My Terrorist Eye: … Continue reading →

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The Politics of Personalities

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Susanna J. Sturgis

Neither the town of West Tisbury, the commonwealth of Massachusetts, nor the United States of America is going to stand or fall based on the votes that were taken at last night’s special town meeting. Most of them were about … Continue reading →

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Dogged

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Susanna J. Sturgis

Last November, at a special town meeting (STM), West Tisbury voters very narrowly voted to ban dogs from Lambert’s Cove Beach between June 15 and September 15. Up till then dogs had been allowed on the beach before 10 a.m. … Continue reading →

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Awesome

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Susanna J. Sturgis

Two weeks ago Travvy and I headed north for a Rally Obedience trial in Raymond, New Hampshire. When we left home, Raymond, New Hampshire, wasn’t on my psychic map. From the moment I passed exit 32 on I-495, I was … Continue reading →

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Little Ducky

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Susanna J. Sturgis

This morning Susie Farmerette (NOT) hit on the bright idea of shutting the hens out of the hen yard for the day, thereby turning it into a duck yard. Three hours later I returned, point-and-shoot in my hip pocket. Eureka! … Continue reading →

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My Menagerie

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Susanna J. Sturgis

For ten days or so I’m looking after a neighbor’s dog. Along with the dog come two handsome ginger cats, four hens, and two ducks, the female of whom is sitting on an egg. The ducks are a recent acquisition. … Continue reading →

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Rally Off-Island

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Susanna J. Sturgis

Travvy’s fans have reminded me that I haven’t written much about him lately. They’re right. I’ve written a fair amount about dogs who kill chickens (and the humans who let them down) and dog policy on Lambert’s Cove Beach, but … Continue reading →

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Suckered

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Susanna J. Sturgis

Remember the two young Akitas who got into such trouble in West Tisbury that, in great exasperation with the irresponsibility of their owners, the selectmen sentenced them to die? A compromise was reached: The death sentence would be lifted if … Continue reading →

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Dogs on the Beach?

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Susanna J. Sturgis

We take dogs seriously on Martha’s Vineyard, so it’s often said, but (as is often the case) this “we” is not monolithic. Spring is town meeting season on the island, and one of the articles on the West Tisbury town … Continue reading →

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