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Listening to Dogs & Talking to People — The Faux Louvre pg255
Colorful companion to my memoir The Incompetent Psychic
I was on the lookout for another dog… but not just any dog. I had come up with a list of seven canine qualities as a guideline. While walking past the window of a pet store a beautiful golden retriever smiled the brightest grin right at me. I went in to meet her.
A woman filling out forms was putting her up for adoption and explained, “I love this dog. She’s only a year old, but I work all the time and it breaks my heart for her to be alone in a small apartment for so long. Much as I don’t want to, I’m hoping to find a better home for her.”
I sat down on the floor in front of this darling pooch and sent her a thought question, “What do you love?”
She sent me a full color video meme of her romping and rolling in green grass with two children. I had neither the grass nor the children, assured her she was in the perfect place to find her family, and they’d be coming soon.
“I know! I know!” she laughed. — From Chapter 14
It’s rare for me to converse this well with people, much less our doggie friends. I did do workshops and improved some. For people skills I joined Toastmasters. For dogs: an animal communication workshop in…
