RORY DYLAN STEPHEN’S BEYOND PUPPYDOM:WHY AM I FEELING THIS WAY?

WHY AM I FEELING THIS WAY?

I am back in Toronto with Bob and Fay. Raffles, my Singaporean Westie friend is with me on a permanent basis and I have been showing him around the neighbourhood. He is, or at least was, a working dog at the Raffles Singapore Hotel acting as a greeter and rat and mouse hunter in the kitchens of that esteemed hotel. Everyone loves him to death but he is a bit shy never having much more than a casual “greeting relationship” to guests at the hotel.

I should be feeling on top of the world being at home with Bob, Fay and my new friend Raffles.

I do not sleep well and I don’t think it is jet lag. I have recurring nightmares about my cage being kicked at the Hong Kong Airport by a nasty baggage handler. I heard his cruelty was captured on a security camera and he has been charged with cruelty to animals. Perhaps good for justice but for me?

And those threats to send me sniffing for land mines in Cambodia?

Being deprived of Bob and Fay my protectors?

The criminality I have witnessed such as the murders and explosions on the Eastern and Oriental Express, dog fighting, opium dens and money laundering. What could these occurrences have done to a Westie puppy?

I was caught up in the moment and it all was so exciting….at the time.

I ignored the horrific fact of my abduction and survived the best way I could realizing I was trapped and escape was impossible.

I admit it all seemed so fun and exciting. However one wrong move on my part and I could have been more than abducted. I could have been murdered.

Bob, Fay and Raffles decided I required some help after gagging on my kibble and crying in my sleep.

I used to enjoy my puppyhood here in Toronto but it has been stolen from me.

I am a big boy now and I need some help to get back on track.