Perfectly Martha — Susan Meddaugh

What do people really want from a dog? When Otis Weaselgraft opens up his Perfect Pup Institute, promising to train even the most drooling, barking, scratching, squirrel-chasing dog to be perfectly obedient in only three steps, Martha smells a rat. She knows dogs are already perfect. But Weaselgraft claims he can make man's best friend even better. Word of his amazing program spreads through the neighborhood -- soon half the dogs in town are enrolled at the Perfect Pup Institute. But there's something strange about the Perfect Pup graduates, and Martha is determined to find out what it is . . .