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Letter: For the real story on what a dog wants, read on

Published 1 January 2025

From Peter Slessenger, Reading, Berkshire, UK

It seems novelist Patrick Ness may have been correct when it comes to communing with dogs. His Chaos Walking trilogy starts with: “The first thing you find out when yer dog learns to talk is dogs don’t got nothing much to say… ‘Need a poo, Todd (14/21 December 2024, p 66).'”

Issue no. 3524 published 4 January 2025

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