Reggie & Me by Marie Yates

Author:Marie Yates [Yates, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-78279-722-7
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Published: 2014-10-31T04:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Eight

I think I may have crossed the line when it comes to normality. I have started talking to Reggie about what’s going on at school. He hasn’t come up with any bright ideas yet but he has given me his paw, rolled over and demanded a tummy rub. I’m not sure if that was a deliberate distraction technique for me but it worked! ‘What would you do in this situation Reggie? Say you had a group of dogs who surrounded you in the park and said some pretty horrible things. Would you stand up to them, hide behind the tree or run away?’ It made me smile and kept me occupied for ages. I am writing an essay for some homework about using pets as therapy. I would love to do that with Reggie but I’m not sure he’s well behaved enough yet. I couldn’t trust him to stay in one place or not be distracted by something he found more interesting. There are people who take their pets to visit people who are sick in hospital and stuff like that. Reggie almost took a man’s walking stick in the park a couple of weeks ago as he must have thought the guy was only using it so he could play. Thankfully I caught him just in time and the man thought he was funny – that could have ended very badly! Maybe hospitals aren’t the place for Reggie to hang out.

When I was doing the research I realised that Reggie has pretty much been my therapy since we moved here. I saw a counsellor for a while after it happened and I think she helped a bit, but Reggie has completely changed my life. I have a purpose and someone who needs me. I have a lot to thank him for and he has been the only real friend I’ve had since it happened. I know that my old friends were still around but it wasn’t the same and since I’ve moved here I’ve been seriously lacking in the friends department. I guess that it might sound really sad but he’s brilliant. I know that Mum is doing her best and she’s working really hard to make sure we can live in this nice house and have nice things, but she’s not here when I come home after school, Reggie is.

He just loves me. No matter how crappy the day has been (and they really are pretty crappy at the moment), I know that when I walk through the door he’ll be pleased to see me. His tail can cause some serious bruising to the knees but it’s amazing to see how happy he is just because I’m there. If I had to come home to an empty house I think that would push me over the edge. I’d have no reason to leave the house and nothing to motivate me to do anything. Maybe talking to Reggie about what’s happening at school could put me into a ‘crazy’ category, but I don’t care.

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