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    The dog whisperer

    Aug 18, 2021 4 minutes

    The trouble started in May. A month earlier, in a fit of what can only be described as hormone-induced madness, I swiped right on the SPCA’s website and ended up with an eight-week-old puppy named Harper.

    Part terrier, part who-knows-what, this tiny scrap of brown and black fur immediately moved into our home and our hearts. But Bristol, our 13-year-old dog, wasn’t so keen. At first he ignored Harper, but by May he’d become aggressive, bailing up the newcomer in corners and giving his best Sid Vicious snarl.

    Two days ago, in a swirl of teeth and fur, the pair had a full-on fight, ending only when I turned the hose on them.

    By the time I chat

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