Dog Stays in the Picture by Morse Susan;

Author:Morse, Susan;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2014-06-26T16:00:00+00:00

The rescue people say she needs company. Their theory is Lilly has been surrounded by other dogs her whole life, and a second greyhound could make her feel more secure. It’s a little frightening how tempted I am to try this, but what if a second dog has even more complicated issues? I have to keep reminding myself of the original plan—my job right now is to ready things for our six-month southern relocation, and make sure the SBDs don’t figure out a way to wreck it. I’m not supposed to suddenly switch course and open a convalescent home for traumatized dogs.

What makes things worse is that Lilly is still suspicious of David. (The big one likes her too much. You want him to leave.) He’s really tried, but because he comes and goes so much it’s hard for them to bond. In the months before he left for New Orleans, he hit on a sort of Pavlovian technique, banging her metal food bowl at mealtime:

David bangs the bottom of the metal food bowl. BONG BONG BONG BONG BONG.

DAVID. Lilly!

Lilly appears somewhere.

DAVID. Oh, there you are, you sweet thing. Has she forgotten about you, you poor dog? Come here. You’re lucky someone still loves you.

David goes to a cabinet to look for the bag of dried dog food.

DAVID. Let’s see what we have in here.

Lilly sidles around to look in the cabinet too. David finds the bag.

DAVID. Oh, look at that! You lucky, lucky girl. I wish I could have this. Let me just smell it.

David opens the bag and takes a ridiculously big sniff inside the bag.

DAVID. Mmmmnn … mmmmnnn … I can’t believe you get to eat this food. I want this.

David scoops food from the bag, crashing it into the metal bowl making lots of noise.

DAVID. It’s too bad she doesn’t care about you anymore. Thank God for me. Okay, let’s get your cheese.

David, at the refrigerator, looks for the Parmesan cheese in the bottom drawer. Lilly sidles over to look in the bottom drawer too.

DAVID. Oh, cheese, oh, cheese, oh, cheese, oh, cheese …

David finds it, sprinkles lots of cheese on the dried dog food.

DAVID. This is how you know I’m the one who really loves you. I’m not stingy like her. Let’s have a listen.

David shakes the metal bowl with the dog food and Parmesan cheese. David and Lilly listen. Lilly’s chin quivers.

DAVID. Oh, that sounds so good. I have to hear it again.

David shakes the bowl again. Lilly jumps to see in the bowl.

DAVID. Oh … oh … I have to taste it.

He puts his face in the bowl and pretends to eat.

DAVID. Aaarrgghh, aaargghh …

Lilly’s chin nearly quivers off her head.

DAVID. Oh, I wish, I wish this was mine. See what I do for you. I don’t even eat it all.

He puts the metal bowl on the floor in its elevated stand.

DAVID. There you go, you lovely girl. Don’t you like me better than her? That mean, mean person?

Lilly eats ravenously, scattering dried food over the floor. David, for the time being, sadly believes they are now best friends.

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