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Lee the Dog, Jan 19, 2010-October 5, 2026.

Lee the dog was born in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin in 2010 to her parents Clarence and Nell. She was Clarence’s 14th and final puppy.

Following a failed start as a sheepdog despite an incredible shepherding heritage, Lee abandoned fancy dog boarding school having only learned to leap 12’ straight up into the air while barking, and clocking 23 mph at a dead run … (or at least that’s as far as we got on my bike in an hour with her running backwards in front of me).

Lee was often Copenhagen the horse’s only brakes, careening across fields and through Kettle Moraine at speeds that made one’s eyes water, branches clawing at exposed skin before someone frantically yelled lie down. She could bark, pant and sprint all at the same time in any direction and generally felt the world was going too slow, and the human wasn’t doing quite enough to entertain her.

In her 16 years and 10 months of existence, she traveled to approximately 47 states, riding along to horse and dog shows for moral support, and keeping folks company up and down from Wisconsin to California, and from Toronto to Florida in trains, cars and planes. She could not care less about crowds, strangers, and anything other than her favorite Bil-jacks treats and the orange bumper toy.

She summited all of the Catskills, Mt Washington, and visited at least 10 National Parks, including Shenandoah, the Everglades and the New River Gorge. She visited Washington, DC and stared at the monuments, swam in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico and all five Great Lakes. She claimed the sand dunes on the western shore of Lake Michigan, and the top of the cliffs in Devil’s Lake State Park and on the edge of the Mississippi. She was in the car when I almost hit an elk in the UP in the middle of the winter, and she was in the car the time I did a header off my horse while out riding with Manhattan Riding Club.

(continued in the comments) taken in Nippersink or Swim by @farmdogsgonewild

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Mel celebrated finally catching and killing an invasive lizard by rolling in lizard poop and being banished to over there on her way to the groomer. taken in Under the Mango Tree by @farmdogsgonewild

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Kate n Michael are away so the doggos will play. taken in Icon South Beach by @farmdogsgonewild

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Down stay. taken in Miami Beach, Florida by @farmdogsgonewild

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Iguana 1 Mel …0. Not for lack of trying. taken in Icon South Beach by @farmdogsgonewild

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Beach day. Mel exploring new worlds. Buoys are scary. Waves are uncontrollable. Chaos. taken in Key Biscayne Dog Beach by @farmdogsgonewild

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We have yet to find a frozen iguana but we live and dream. taken in Icon South Beach by @farmdogsgonewild

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Mel. Ball. Now. taken in Icon South Beach by @farmdogsgonewild

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New state who dis? Mel goes to Miami. taken in Icon South Beach by @farmdogsgonewild

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Happy Sweet 16, Lee the Dog. Queen of the trifecta of terror. She can’t see the details, she can’t hear anything she doesn’t want to … but she can still play tug (and fetch, mysteriously). taken in Central Park by @farmdogsgonewild

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Mel the lap dog. taken in Central Park, New York by @farmdogsgonewild

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Central Park mornings. taken in Central Park, New York by @farmdogsgonewild

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