The Daily SHRIEK Posey & Gussie

S C A N D A L R O C K S P A L A C E !

His Royal Highness Prince Slate was arrested early Saturday morning on charges of selling his children on the streets of Seven Valleys. Disguised as a duck, he was apprehended by police officers who became suspicious of his quack. When searched, he had a large sum of cash and puppies tied by strings around their necks.

"It was horrifying! That a father would allegedly do such a thing to his own children ... I don't know if I will ever recover from the sight," said police officer Goata Jale. "Those poor puppies," she continued. "They were obviously not even leash trained yet."

Sadly only two puppies have been recovered and returned to their mother. Police are still searching for TinCup and TwoGun in the seamy underworld of Seven Valleys, PA. "It breaks my heart to think of those poor puppies out there alone in the world," sniffed Officer Jale. "I will do everything in my power to see that justice is done."

The puppies' mother Comrade Kit was reported to be unmoved by the story. Officers on the scene said she seemed more interested in the amount of money found on Prince Slate than the fate of her missing children. "Is there enough to get me to CowCamp this April?" was her only comment.

Final Puppies On Stock Results Are In
The Personal Attendant tempted fate to make her regret her decision to keep Posey and Potty-Thing (see story below) by taking all the puppies out for one last shot at the sheep and ducks before the abrupt disappearance of TinCup and TwoGun. Fate was kind though and confirmed what had been seen previously: Posey, the puppy widely condemned as Evil, shows the most working potential at this stage followed by Potty-Thing and Tincup (now Tiva) with the widdle man, TwoGun, now Celt, doing his own thing at his own speed. All the puppies have had the same amount of time with the sheep and the situation has been carefully monitored as much as possible to avoid any puppy being frightened. Things move very quickly in the round pen and the puppies don't have very good recalls at this point so there were some heart in mouth moments but all puppies survived unscathed and ready for another round. Posey spent the first week of stock exposure, starting at 5.5 weeks of age, completely uninterested but after the first week or so, she suddenly woke up and has been very consistently the leader since then. TeaPot has been off and on, she started slow, then was good, then was slow and now is back to good. Tincup/Tiva was very consistently interested from the start but is just a bit softer and less intense than her sisters. Twoey is still building in interest but is a watchful, thoughtful puppy. WayOut castle thanks Maja Young for practicing her wonderful photography skills on the puppies.
POSEY


POTTY-THING

TINCUP/TIVA	TWOGUN/CELT
All photos byMaja Young

Like It or Lump It: Name Change Official

Gussie, née Potty

Going against the advice of family and friends, the Personal Attendant to WayOut Castle has announced that the name of the puppy formerly known as Potty will be Gussie. Comrade Kit asks the mob to bear with the Castle Attendant and assures them that this, too, will be dealt with when the Revolution comes.

Prince Slate was heard to sulk away in dismay from his Seven Valleys jail cell, muttering,"I thought her name should be Pebble since she is more like me but do I get a say in anything around here? No. I get no say in anything. What good is it to be a prince and have no power?"