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Winning the Pitch

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.

Rudyard Kipling

Two true stories.

One. Several years ago, my partner and I brought home an eight-week-old Miniature Schnauzer puppy and named him Byron. With his oversized paws, floppy ears and doleful eyes peeking out from under little grey eyebrows, he was the definition of cute.

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We took him to the vet for his first set of vaccinations and she warned us not to let him out of the house until he had built up his immunity. So we dutifully kept him inside for his first few weeks with us.

We noticed straightaway that our darling puppy urinated 20 times ...

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