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The Daily Companion — Audio Edition No. 14 (Monday, October 19, 2026)

Your daily newspaper for very good dogs, read aloud.

THE LONG AUDITION ENDS IN A YES. After a year and six days of daily auditions at the gate, Askia the Azawakh has examined the harbor end's new cello teacher, Miss Wren, and delivered the verdict the whole street was holding its breath for: yes. Also today: Bryor, day seven — the season has stood for its own audition and the house pronounces it promising; the Morning Game is Paper Tear; Djenne holds the doorway at the Harbor Precinct; Mali refuses the biscuit index in the Barketplace; and the Book Page reviews You Decided to Get an Azawakh — five paws.

Also in this edition: all eighteen Companion Sign readings · Tales of the City — Binta's twelve minutes of weather, Kano's caravan of one, Zuri's performance, with feeling · Weather Around the World: Bergen, Marrakech, Hobart and Juneau, and the weekend the sun kept its appointment in Gulfport · the Police Blotter · the editorial — Trust, Earned at Walking Pace · Bruno's Blog: On Beginnings, Kept Small · the Monday Blues · and Born Today: Bryor.

Musical breaks, drawn by wheel spin: the Yorkshire Terrier anthem after the readings, and the Afghan Hound anthem before Bruno — one minute each.

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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.

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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