The dog was nice, but having a dog would be like having a child. I teach twice a week in San Antonio, so I would need a dog walker for those days, someone I could trust with a key to my place. I would need a pet deposit for my apartment, chew toys, food dishes and shots for him. I placed a “hold” on Dusty while I thought about how much damage he could cause my life. Her reason: “Dusty keeps following me around my house.” But out of curiosity or God knows what, I took a look at the dog’s file. I travel and have little time or money for a pet. I thought maybe he would be a good running partner. “Come,” I said, and he walked away.Īfter a few minutes, he curled up next to me and put his nose against my knee. He was friendly, but didn’t listen to a thing I said. Tired from my run in the Texas heat, I got a cup of water and sat under a tree with the dog. “He’s half husky, half Australian shepherd,” a girl said as the dog in the second cage looked at me with one blue eye and one brown eye while wagging his tail. As patrons walked into the caged areas, the dog in their immediate left was next on the chopping block if no one adopted it. It was overcrowded with a high kill ratio - the highest in its history, I was told.
The volunteers at the shelter were shrewd. And the relationship with my fiancée was getting frosty, with a lot of yelling and blame being tossed around. I run to stay thin, and lately to blow off steam. I only stopped for a drink of cold water. When I met the dog, he was sitting in a cage to my left, as I entered a local animal shelter near the running path I frequent in downtown Austin, Texas. The second essay is called “She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who Is Nice to Animals.” miya leeīoth essays are read by Edoardo Ballerini. daniel jonesĪnd the second essay is called - and I don’t want to give anything away, but there was seven years between the two pieces. So here’s Tim’s first essay, “Four-Legged Reason to Keep it Together.” miya lee They just become - they sort of absorb and expel love effortlessly. I think dogs do that for a lot of people. miya leeĪnd I imagine that’s really lovely and makes you be in the moment, I guess, in a way that few things do. And it’s nice to have this sort of creature in the house that everybody can love equally and sort of removes the stress from the situation. And during the pandemic there’s been plenty of that. Well, our dog Rico, he sort of serves as the glue that holds our family together when things - when we aren’t getting along or when we’re irritating each other. They were, like, a gross spectacle in their tank. They didn’t serve as sort of a rallying - a central focus of the family or anything? miya lee
No, I had goldfish, but I can’t say I was particularly close to any of them. And they’re both about his relationship with his dog. So, today, we actually have two essays by the same author, Timothy Braun. He throws his head up, and it’s sort of a moment of pure bonding and joy to howl and howl. So it sounds like he’s in pain or something, but he’s actually - miya lee It doesn’t sound like a happy sound, but it’s actually a happy sound. I have something to play for you on my phone. Wednesday, November 4th, 2020 daniel jones Transcript Modern Love Podcast: Dusty-Danger Dog Hosted by Daniel Jones and Miya Lee, produced by Kelly Prime and Hans Buetow, and edited by Wendy Dorr and Sara Sarasohn music by Dan Powell read by Edoardo Ballerini Feeling election stress? These two stories about a man and his dog may help.
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