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The Tennis Ball

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Aug 20, 2026
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I had a yellow lab named Ruby. If you have a lab, you’ll know this story too.

Ruby’s whole reason for being on this earth, as far as Ruby was concerned, was tennis balls. If you held one in your hand, every cell in her body lit up. She would plant her front paws, drop her head, and lock onto the ball with the intensity of an animal who had finally found …

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