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Sage and Popo
Originally uploaded by trinirita.

It is all about the plotthound. Here is my dog, Sage (l), seated, reluctantly, next to a pernicious Yorkie named Popo. By the way, Sage is a rescue from North Carolina, where, despite her status as state dog (really, look it up) she was slated for death. My lover at the time, A., who wasn't really into dogs, but indulging me, picked Sage out from the bunch at North Shore Animal League because she was cowering away from the poop she had just made in the cage she was sharing with another dog. "See," said A. "Get that one. She's clean and plays well with others." Well, she tortured us for a few months with her separation anxiety and inability to housetrain easily, but two years later, she's adjusted and living large, mostly in my bed. Occasionally she and I go upstate to visit her pal, Popo and Popo's cat sister, Loli.