The" Dog Whisperer" Story

It was an ordinary day. Started the same as usual with what my 11th grade Chemistry teacher, Mr. Livingood, once said to a student who had spent too much time in the lavatory, "Young man, you spent enough time in there to sh*t, shower and shave." Then off to the kitchen to feed the cats. Have been feeding animals daily for as long as I can remember. Growing up I had everything from dogs to rabbits to white mice to white rats to pigeons to a couple hundred guinea pigs. My wife, Carol grew up with a horse, Blackie, that her parents gave her in high school as well as a dog, Buddy. So when we married it was only natural that we would have dogs, cats and whatever else came down the road. What came along, besides our 3 children, were hamsters, fish, guinea pigs, a chinchilla, a ferret and more dogs and cats. Our children loved animals as much as we did. So when they married, the love of animals followed with them. Our oldest son and his family has raised dogs, cats and many fish. Our daughter and her family has raised hamsters, hermit crabs, fish, guinea pigs along with Abraham, her Himalayan cat she grew up with, and Ruby, her rescue cat that fears no one and loves only her. Never had a dog though. She always wanted one, but her husband told her that he was allergic to dogs. Said his parents told him that all his life. After reasoning with him that if he isn't allergic to all the other pets, why dogs. Sounded like maybe a faux allergy. So Rocco was injected into the family. Same thing suddenly happened as happened with Ruby and every other animal she ever owned. He loved her and gravitated to her. Recently she took a job working in the office of an apartment complex. Helped the residents with problems they might have. And ...... she loved greeting the many dogs the residents brought with them when they came to see here. She has a drawer full of treats that the dogs all know about. They look forward every trip to the office as they greet her with a wagging tail and a slurpy kiss. Residents have started to call her the Dog Whisperer, since she seems to have control over all the pets. Hey, I could have told you that was going to happen. After all, it's hereditary! It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.