A wire-haired Jack Russell stops mid-stride on a windy autumn pavement, head snapped round and ears pricked towards a crisp packet skittering past a garden wall, one front paw still lifted, while its owner walks on at the other end of a loose lead.

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The Fridge Hum

A friend stays the night, and in the morning they ask how you sleep with that noise. What noise? The fridge. It has been humming in the corner of your kitchen for six years, and you genuinely cannot hear it. Your ears still catch it. Your brain simply stopped passing the message on.

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A Paws a Day is a short daily story that helps you see the world through your dog's eyes: it starts with a moment from your own life and ends with your dog.

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