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The Daily Companion — Audio Edition No. 13 · Sunday, October 18, 2026

Your daily newspaper for very good dogs, read aloud. Edition No. 13: Bryor, day six — the season's first Sunday, and the parish is kept by a herald who takes his duties seriously.

Front page: THE HERALD SOUNDS FOR A LEAF — Sargon, an Anatolian Shepherd of the hill end, raises the full parish alarm at three in the morning for one oak leaf, being autumnal, in the road. Plus all eighteen Companion Sign readings for Sunday, with Bryor, the sign of the season, keeping the watch from the good chair.

Also in this edition: The Ancient Audits the Gnomes · The Cuddle, When It Comes · The Salon of One Chair · Aloofness Is a Form of Address · the World Weather Watch (Kyoto, Buenos Aires, Galway, Halifax — four cities, four kinds of Sunday) · today's Dog Game, Obstacle Course · Sunday Sports — the Dog Park Recap · the Police Report, with Boran, the dog who keeps the boundary by lying on it · the Barketplace and the sandwich held in trust · the Treat Report · the Editorial Kennel: "The Watch Is Also Work" · the Book Page reviews You Decided to Get an Anatolian Shepherd · Bruno's Blog: On the Window Watch, and the Sunday Blues.

Musical breaks: "You Decided to Get a Kuvasz" (right after the readings) and "You Decided to Get a Leonberger" (just before Bruno) — one-minute excerpts from the author's own songbook.

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