Dharma Pup: Chapter Four: Loving Puppy Free to a Good Home

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Chapter Four: Loving Puppy Free to a Good Home

"Look. No. Bonding," I said. I said it mostly for me, of course, but I thought maybe she’d understand the tone of voice--firm, friendly, but not too friendly. "I’m not your mother or your best friend. I’m just a middleman between the streets and your permanent home...."

Author’s Note

July 2012

If someone had told me, even six months ago, that I’d be writing a dog memoir, I would have marked them off as drunk or clueless, or both, and said, “Not gonna happen. There’s no way I’ll end up with a dog, let alone write a book about a dog.”

And here I am, with a dog, writing a book about a dog.

Most of the notes I took at the time of this story were To-Do lists along the lines of:

Call vet

Get Pup to walk all the way to corner

Buy rug shampoo

I’m grateful to the people who shared the adventure and helped jog my memory and fact-check the story. All errors are mine.