FIELD EQUIPMENT
The recorder has legs now.
Wolfie can carry a recorder as part of Dewey's field communication system, making him one of the few office staff members whose job description legitimately includes wearing equipment.
PERSONNEL FILE • CANINE DIVISION
Wolfgang von Fluff Bucket
Wolfie. Black-and-white Havanese. Eighteen pounds. Pink tongue. Bushy white eyebrows. Office companion. Field assistant. Not authorized to eat paperwork.
CLARA'S DOG
She wanted a puppy for years.
Book 1 identifies Wolfie as a Havanese and notes that Clara had wanted a puppy for years before getting him.
MISADVENTURE FILES
Fieldwork is better with eyebrows.
FILE 01
Canine communications unit.
Wolfie carries recording equipment during one of Dewey's operations. No formal badge has been located.
FILE 02
The lap rule has one exception.
Wolfie usually does not like sitting on laps—unless the car is moving.
FILE 03
Clara takes over.
When Clara tells Dewey that children are not meant to parent their parents, Wolfie goes with her for the final stage of Don Fairchild's case.
RED-FOLDER NOTE
Fetch remains unresolved.
The television-development file adds that Wolfie loves a good game of fetch but does not know how to release, joins cases, and provides comfort when Dewey hits a difficult moment.
CLARA'S THREE-BOOK PERSONNEL UPDATE
Wolfie across the office files.
Same person. Different year, different cases, different things happening around the desk.
BOOK 1 • PARENT PROBLEM SOLVER
Wolfie
Clara's black-and-white Havanese becomes part of Dewey's office and fieldwork, including carrying recording equipment.
People in this file: Dewey Fairchild
BOOK 2 • TEACHER PROBLEM SOLVER
Wolfie
Wolfie remains an eighteen-pound Havanese at the center of office life, from shredding backup records to demanding attention and testing new toys.
BOOK 3 • SIBLING PROBLEM SOLVER
Wolfie
Wolfie is Clara's eighteen-pound canine companion and a constant part of office life, often providing comfort or comic interruption during client visits.
People in this file: Dewey Fairchild
OPEN ANOTHER DRAWER
Same office. Different drawer.
Cases, chronology, people, connections, places, objects, snacks, sayings, and Clara's search cabinet are different ways into the same Book 3 file.