Something charming just turned up on Quora -- thanks for posting it, Ali. My one question: how do you smell paperwork on a dog? Do Tiger and Bo smell like "coffee and paperwork" sometimes -- like right now? (I'm doing both.)
P.S. Comforting thoughts to Friend Mavis, who just lost her much loved pug, Lucy. Lucy was 13 1/2...but it still hurts, and leaves an empty spot in your home -- and heart.
My dog Moose used to sneak out every day at 1:40 PM at the same time and in the same way.
He would return in the evening, and I could smell coffee and paperwork on him.
I thought someone must have been treating him, but one day, there was a note attached to his collar.
The note said:
"Please keep your dog at home, or he steals my chair and disturbs me in meetings."
An address was written below.
I went there with Moose. I knocked on the door, and as soon as it opened, Moose went inside as if it were his own home.
I found out the man's name is Walter. His wife had left a year ago, and he lives alone.
Moose used to go to him daily and alleviate his loneliness, even disturbing his meetings.
Walter told me that’s when I realized the house had fallen silent since Moose started coming.
After that day, Moose began visiting Walter every day.
The next time, another note came.
It said:
"How does it feel to wait for you every day? Moose taught me."
Dogs never ask for permission to heal someone.
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