A governor, her dead dog, and the US presidential election

In her forthcoming memoir, obtained by The Guardian newspaper, the conservative Republican describes how, after a hunting excursion gone awry, she shot and killed her "untrainable" 14-month-old dog Cricket. "I hated that dog," Noem, 52, wrote in "No Going Back," according to excerpts published by The Guardian. She explained how Cricket had spoiled a pheasant hunt with her "excitement," then killed several chickens belonging to a local family. The only solution, according to Noem, was to put her down.