Call me Amanda Banana, the obsessive puppy wrangler. This week I was asked to wrangle some puppies. What is it about ladies with big hair and ginormous diamond rings that they like to disturb the cutest of puppies? These puppies were being used like carrots on the end of a stick to attract people. And just who did they attract? Huge headed ladies and cell phone men. And the huge-headed ladies just had to touch them. The puppies, not the cell phone men. 50 times an hour, these puppies were being picked up. Just listen.
Yeah. You read that right. My boyfriend ran me over. I’d write more, except I think that says it all. Of course, I still say a lot more in this diary. Listen by clicking on the “Play button” (the grey sideways triangle) above. Anyone out there? Feel free to comment.
Amanda takes us with her on a visit. Prepare to meet Harley, the dog with Alzheimers. Amanda has to practice several dog-psychology techniques on Harley in order to get him to agree to go on a walk – and truly teaches us that music hath charms to soothe the savage beast (which is actually a misquote, but we’re not the first, so there you go.
Another expose of what it’s like to be a professional dogwalker in Hollywood, California, this episode has us peeking in on Amanda in the backyard with one of her charges. It’s not easy to dogwalk – you earn very little money, but are constantly exposed to the riches and material posessions of those for whom you work. How would you deal with this?
Amanda has an active imagination that is fueled by just these circumstances. Won’t you join her in her fantasy world?
