Sable’s World

By Judith Bakkensen

She is getting her shoes on.  I nudge and push on her hands to tell her to take her with me.  She is kind of slow so I have to really, really let her know I want to go along.   She is putting my seat belt halter on.  She finally gets it.  She’s taking me along.

I sit in the front seat.  Where are we going?  Oh, good, we are going to the store.  I run down the hall to get to the back door.  She is especially slow today.  Oh, good, she made it to the door.  She unlocks it and I push past her to make sure all is well in the store.  Oh good, some good garbage to get into later. 

I don’t know what she does without me.  I greet the customers.  They pet me.  I even let them rub my stomach.   I play with the kids that come in.  I bark at some of the people.  It is exhausting work.

She makes me wear a costume on Halloween, Christmas and my birthday.  I do it because it makes her happy.  She pets me all the time.  I like her, but like I said before, she is slow.  I have to bang my water dish several times before she fills it up.  I have to tell her many times before she takes me to the park for a potty break. 

I have special friends in town.  Shelly and Sue give me scraps of meat and treats at the back door of Perk Up.  Carol and friends give me treats at AAA Pest Control.  The women at the bank give me treats.  Sometimes I have to remind them to give me a treat.  I sit and look at them intently then they finally remember.