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The Daily Companion — Audio Edition No. 12 · Saturday, October 17, 2026

Your daily newspaper for very good dogs, read aloud. Edition No. 12: Bryor, day five — the season's first Saturday, and the harbor keeps its own hours.

Front page: THE COAST GUARD DOES NOT CLOCK OUT — Beacon, a Newfoundland of the harbor end, holds the Saturday muster: every swimmer counted out and in, every hat accounted for. Plus all eighteen Companion Sign readings for Saturday, with Bryor, the sign of the season, on the garden bench.

Also in this edition: Murphy Claims the Wet · Pearl, in a Fur Coat, Considers · Bosun Installs Himself · Sadie and the Long Goodbye · the World Weather Watch (Reykjavík, Cape Town, Lisbon, Sydney — four ports, four weathers of water) · today's Dog Game, Follow-Me · the Police Report, with Pilot, the Watch Who Welcomes · the Barketplace and the Saliva School · the Editorial Kennel: "The Water Bowl Is a Public Trust" · the Book Page reviews You Decided to Get an Alaskan Malamute · Bruno's Blog: On the Life Jacket.

Musical breaks: "You Decided to Get a Labrador" and "You Decided to Get a Chinook" — one-minute excerpts from the author's own notebook, the two brand-new breed anthems, aired here first.

The Daily Companion is the audio edition of The Dog You Chose Press — from The Companion Signs. dogyouchose.com