A Forlorn Love Part 4
Chapter 4: Unexpected Plans After putting on my finest smelling cologne and nicest clothes I went to meet Brittany at the mall just as I had done before. In my quest to make myself as presentable and good smelling as I possibly could, I failed to...
Easy hard reset
Well, the retriever had made his choice, hadn't he? and fyr was no one to tell him it was the wrong one. he had asked what he wanted to do, after all. the retriever had just answered.
Evolution Part I: Chapter Thirty-six
The snow began to pile on itself. It grew deeper despite our trampling feet and the warmth of our bodies. I never knew it could get so cold as it became at night. Cuddling up with other dogs was the only protection aside from the natural layers of...
Evolution Part I: Chapter Thirty-five
\*\*\* That was the end of discussion about talking to humans. It was also the end of Fatty's dreams of nightly dumpster runs. The leanest dog left in the pack now was Terrier-face and he was nearly double Spinner's weight. He admitted freely that...
Evolution Part I: Chapter Thirty-Four
\*\*\* It happened fast, so fast that I cannot clearly remember what happened. Instead, I recall a series of snapshots, like bolts of lightning in my memory. The opening of the gate, its metallic whine cutting through a thick haze of sleep and...
Evolution Part I: Chapter Thirty-four
\*\*\* It happened fast, so fast that I cannot clearly remember what happened. Instead, I recall a series of snapshots, like bolts of lightning in my memory. The opening of the gate, its metallic whine cutting through a thick haze of sleep and...
Evolution Part I: Chapter Thirty-three
Several days passed and I still did not return to the other tribe of dogs. Pink Nose still returned with the content of his lessons, however, after a single night's peace, the chocolate lab returned bearing more questions from the opposite pack....
Evolution Part I: Chapter Thirty-two
As I watched the behemoth canine toil ahead of me under the weight of his own body, I had to admit to myself that there was not a lack of some pleasure to be had in seeing that flesh wobble about when it was usually so inert. It was the grey twilight...
Evolution Part I: Chapter Thirty-one
\*\*\* I put my plan into motion immediately. I saw no reason for delay. Again, the road between decision and action was short for a dog. I closed the gate behind Dizzy and re-latched the lock, making sure to snap it into place. The other group had...
Evolution Part I: Chapter Twenty-nine
I spent the better part of a week assisting Lopside in great leaps of verbal cognizance and vocalization, although to my doggish sense of time, the long daily efforts felt more like months. As I mentioned before, Lopside seemed suddenly possessed by a...
Evolution Part I: Chapter Twenty-eight
I spent most of the day worrying about possible discovery by humans of our transgressions; minor though they might have been. To me the signs were obvious, naturally, and after receiving my brief physical, I felt for sure that it was only a matter of...
Evolution Part I: Chapter Twenty-seven
He didn't mention the fact that i was getting to be 2/3 taller than a golden retriever had any right to be, and that spoke highly of where his priorities were. "i picked on you for a long time because i saw him in you.