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Barkley's School for Dogs Series

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Playground Bully

Playground Bully

During Jack the Wonder Dog's first day at Barkley's School for Dogs Jack meets new friends, encounters a Doberman bully, and tries to help a cat.

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Puppy Trouble

Puppy Trouble

When Jack arrives at Barkley's School for Dogs, he notices trouble brewing when a puppy named Bubba begins hanging around with Sweetcakes who begins teaching Bubba mean tricks.

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Top Dog

Top Dog

When the pupils at Barkley's School for Dogs get the chance to star in a dogfood commercial, Jack would do anything for the part, but it is canine bully Sweetcakes who gets the role, until Jack discovers the offer is not quite what it seems.

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Ghost Dog

Ghost Dog

When chew toys start to disappear and doggie treats are missing from the schoolyard, the Barkley dogs are suspicious. Could it be Sweetcakes, the bully Doberman, playing her old tricks? Jack learns that the true culprit may have to do with an old legend of a ghost...

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Snow Day

Snow Day

A snowstorm gives Barkley's School an unexpected snow day, and the dogs have never had so much fun playing. But when one of the dogs is caught in the blizzard, Jack and his friends will have to work together to save the day.

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Blue-Ribbon Blues

Blue-Ribbon Blues

Jack wants to make Maggie proud by winning the top prize, a giant blue ribbon, at the first Barkley's School for Dogs agility contest.

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Santa Dog

Santa Dog

At the dog run in the park, the Barkley's classmates meet Jingles. He is a jolly Eskimo dog who is spreading Christmas cheer. Floyd and Bubba think Jingles's human must be Santa. Jack is not too sure. Is Jingles a real holiday hound visiting from the North Pole?

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Sticks and Stones and Doggie Bones

Sticks and Stones and Doggie Bones

Floyd is forced to ear a big plastic collar after getting stitches, and Sweetcakes teases him unmercifully. Floyd is terribly depressed! Jack just can't stand by and let Floyd suffer, so he and his doggie sidekicks teach Sweetcakes a lesson.

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Buried Treasure

Buried Treasure

Jack and his friends are convinced that there is treasure buried in the play yard, so they decide to dig everywhere until they find it, while Floyd worries that his owner may decide to move and take Floyd away from Barkley's School.

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Tattle Tails

Tattle Tails

Harry the Westie is tattletaling on the other dogs and getting them in trouble. Harry's behavior is getting out of hand, and soon his schoolmates are upset. Jack helps Harry learn a lesson about good and bad tattling.

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Puppy Love

Puppy Love

The local vet is hanging around Barkley School, and the dogs aren't too thrilled. Blondie thinks that the doc is there to see Fred -- it's more than puppy love for those two humans! But when Tazz gets hurt, having a doctor nearby is the best thing for all the dogs at...

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Puppies on Parade

Puppies on Parade

The Barkley's School for Dogs will be marching in the town's 100th anniversary parade...and so will another neighborhood canine school, Howl's Dog City. Jack and his friends are set on outshining their rivals. But having fun and getting along beats competition, paws...

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