{"id":9441,"date":"2026-04-04T08:41:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T12:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/?p=9441"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:17:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:17:38","slug":"a-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/04\/a-free-press\/","title":{"rendered":"A Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a country with a free press, new is whatever people deem it to be. I didn&#8217;t need this kind of &#8216;publicity&#8217;.  However, for all its shortcomings of a &#8216;free press&#8217;, it better than the alternative. News of the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourherald.com\/articles\/mystery-of-the-lost-found-puppies-of-taylor-valley\/\" title=\"\">Groundhog Day Missing Puppies<\/a><\/em><\/strong> from Thundering Paws Farm was the talk of the Vermont side of the Upper Valley. Only 2 months later did I see that the story hit the local newspaper. I was too busy trying to make sure the puppies didn&#8217;t escape &#8230;again. With 60 cm of snow on the fields, running down the 1\/2 mile driveway to seek adventure was almost irresistible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourherald.com\/articles\/mystery-of-the-lost-found-puppies-of-taylor-valley\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"847\" src=\"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/19p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/19p1.jpg 709w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/19p1-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-white-river-valley-herald wp-block-embed-the-white-river-valley-herald\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"9T76wFDvoy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourherald.com\/articles\/mystery-of-the-lost-found-puppies-of-taylor-valley\/\">Mystery of the Lost &#038; Found Puppies of Taylor Valley<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Mystery of the Lost &#038; Found Puppies of Taylor Valley&#8221; &#8212; The White River Valley Herald\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourherald.com\/articles\/mystery-of-the-lost-found-puppies-of-taylor-valley\/embed\/#?secret=5dBybqfwmf#?secret=9T76wFDvoy\" data-secret=\"9T76wFDvoy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a country with a free press, new is whatever people deem it to be. I didn&#8217;t need this kind of &#8216;publicity&#8217;. However, for all its shortcomings of a &#8216;free press&#8217;, it better than the alternative. 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