Warrior Pups
By Jeff Kamen
Lyon’s Press

I don’t wish to impair anyone’s enjoyment of naked ladies with stories about dead dogs, but I feel this is the only opportunity I’m ever going to get to talk about a real-life problem that I found out about the hard way: chip bags. My intent is to spread awareness about this relatively unknown danger so that no one has to go through what we went through.

One night in May I found our 11-year-old dachshund, Beckett, dead under a tree in our backyard at 3 A.M. with a Cheetos bag wrapped around his head. His body was cold and stiff.

Earlier that day we had begun a landscaping project. When the work crew left for the night, they made a neat pile of their tools, chain saws, and a 12-pack of soda. Beckett likely went out around midnight to take a... Read More