![]() Lloyd speculates that Don provoked an attack by unintentionally hitting the alligator while swinging his cane. Gibson informs Lloyd that the alligator has been captured and that it had been hidden alongside the boardwalk for several weeks, guarding a clutch of eggs. ![]() Two days after the incident, Lloyd is visited by Gibson, a game warden with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Lloyd calls the police, who notify Evelyn that Don has been killed. When Lloyd hits the alligator with Don's cane, the boardwalk partially collapses, dumping the alligator into the canal and enabling Lloyd to escape with Laurie, who has waited for him on the other side of the palmetto. After Lloyd commands Laurie to go home, he is attacked by the alligator. After Laurie pulls free of Lloyd and runs under the palmetto, Lloyd follows and finds her confronting a ten foot long alligator which has killed and partially eaten Don. While walking along Six Mile Path with Laurie, Lloyd finds Don's cane–cracked and dotted with blood–next to a section of the Path that has been overgrown with palmetto. On December 6, Lloyd's neighbor Evelyn Pitcher asks him if he has seen her husband, Don. Lloyd regularly takes Laurie for walks along "Six Mile Path", a boardwalk running alongside a canal. He also resumes working part-time as an accountant. He finds his physical and mental health improving, and begins eating more healthily and sleeping better. Lloyd gradually bonds with Laurie as he looks after her, and in mid-October he tells Beth that he will keep her. He is initially unwilling to accept the dog but ultimately agrees to look after her on a trial basis, naming her "Laurie". One September, Lloyd is visited by his older sister, Beth, who gifts him a Border Collie- Mudi puppy out of concern for his wellbeing. He has become depressed and lost weight after his wife Marian died from a glioblastoma six months prior. Lloyd Sunderland is a 65-year-old retiree living in the (fictional) island community of Caymen Key, Florida. ![]() Laurie, the titular puppy, is a mix of a Border Collie (top) and a Mudi (bottom). ![]()
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