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Search is obsessed with dogs. Our lovable goofs Cooper and Scout \u2013 and now Spot. I guess it kind of goes with the territory when it’s one of only a handful of words you can say. DOG.<\/p>\n
He grabs the book and thrusts it toward me. The whine gets progressively louder and more urgent in the even he\u2019s ignored.<\/p>\n
I won\u2019t lie. I\u2019ve tried to cheat a couple times \u2013 maybe skip a page or two. This inevitably results in an angry scream as he rips the book from my hands, flips back to the correct page and pushes the book back toward me.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve read the book so many times \u2013 even the one-year-old has it memorized.<\/p>\n
It occurs to me that the 50 follow ups aren\u2019t merely a way for author Eric Hill to cash in on an ideal widely embraced by all munchkins excited to rip the flaps off each hideaway in eager anticipation of finding Spot\u2019s surprise. They\u2019re to keep parents sane.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m going to need to invest in some more Spot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Someone seriously needs to get that dog micro chipped. Sally (Spot\u2019s mom) is obviously feeding him diet kibble. When we had to put our chocolate lab Bailey on a diet, he wasn\u2019t too fond of the food either. 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