Conversation about Personal Doghood

Zoe: "Jackie, Abby likes being a personal dog, doesn't she?"

Jackie: "Yeah, being a personal dog is really nice."

Zoe: "Are you a personal dog too?"

Jackie: "James is my personal boy and I am his personal dog."

Zoe: "Am I a personal dog?"

Jackie: "Not yet. You are just a puppy still and you haven't been in our family long enough."

Zoe: "Whose personal dog will I be?"

Jackie: "That depends. Sometimes one family member has two personal dogs. You have to establish a special rapaport with one of the family members. You usually choose each other, but sometimes you make your own choice."

Zoe: "Oh."

Jackie: "When Cookie died, Maxie made it her business to be Mama's personal dog."

Zoe: "So, Abby is Valerie's personal dog, you are James' personal dog, and Maxie is Mama's, but Master Man doesn't have a personal dog."

Jackie: "That's right.....I had better go check on James; personal dogs have duties, you know."

Zoe: "Hmmmmmmm."