The Dog

The connection between a boy and his dog is seldom understood.
One day and beautiful black laborador and a whippet were strolling down South Lamar when the whippet suggested that they step into Office Depot to look around. They approached the automatic doors without hesitation and once the doors opened the sauntered in to, one could only guess, window shop. The dogs showed no interest in leaving at closing time. They were will taken care of but had no tags. A dog lover of the extreme type happened to be in the store and demanded that the manager not leave the dogs alone in the parking lot. The dog lover took the whippet and Brad took home the 9 month old male black lab until we had somewhere to take the dog. I was aware of the situation but not the solution. The next morning Brad asked if I had gone in to meet the dog. My opened wide. "Where is the dog?" I asked with a look that could not be perceived as positive. "In the spare room with Sabian" Brad replied gleefully.
With that Brad left for work. When the boys awoke they were filled with excitement as they met our new friend. Sabian, however, did not seem as fond of our guest. Brendan began almost immediately with plots and plans to name him and described the puppies that the Lab and Sabian would have- Labroboxers. "One for me, One for Trevor and One for Connor." Brendan said with natural born sales ability. I explained that we were trying to find the owner because they were probably sad that they had lost their pet. Brendan said he understood, but it was already too late he was becoming attached. He played and cared for the dog most of the day. At approximately 6pm on the way home from our baseball game we received a call that the owners had come home from the Texas OU game to find there gate open and the dogs gone. They were extremely thankful the their pets had been found. The backseat was suddenly silent and the tears began to fall. We asked if Brendan would like to go to help return the dog to his rightful owner. Although we had not quite had the dog 24 hours Brendan was inconsolable on the seemingly long trip to take the dog home. When he arrived home still sobbing I was there to hug and console. I pray that we can all love that uncontrollably and expect nothing in return.