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Martini Shot

Producing

Rob takes his dog to the beach and watches her retrieves a tennis ball. And when someone compliments her, he takes credit for it. In other words, he acts like a producer.

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By Rob Long • May 14, 2014 • 3m Listen

A few weekends ago, I took my dog to the dog beach in Huntington Beach. It's a place she loves – the crazy noises and back seat pacing begin pretty much the second we turn off onto Seal Beach Boulevard, and she smells the salt air – and true to her nature, all she really wants to do for the rest of her life is have me flip a tennis ball into the ocean and watch as she dives in, paddling furiously, to retrieve it...

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    Rob Long

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