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Skylar Bear: The Dog Conjurer

Nick looked at the baby Skylar who was dismantling her potty and turning it into a bed for her dolly. "I think I liked her before she started talking," he told me. She's not really talking . She's kind of chanting, like one of those kids you see in horror movies clutching the kitchen blade and laughing. You know, the kid from Pet Sematary . At a year and half, she's managed to string together a bunch of words like  "daddy, buppie and mo'". She says them over and over in no particular order while cackling to herself. We like to think of our grandchildren as special, but Skylar's just an ordinary toddler. Nick keeps her chained to her little chair all day, but she's managed to gnaw off her left hand and she's using it as a chew toy for the dogs. They absolutely love it. We could market it if we only had a 3D printer. Kidding, I'm kidding . But it would make a great made-for-tv movie. Skylar is a dog magnet, a human pop...