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Super Dog
He’s a defiant dog! He wants everything his way. He’s got a cocky look in his eye. Let’s call him Woof-Woof. Let’s call him Charlie the Hot Dog. That dog belongs to Nurse Ratchet who may or may not be here (looking at one of the nurses). Is it male or female? I don’t know. Is there a fire hydrant in the picture? She’s female and has a family.
She belongs to the whole family. She belongs to an older retired coupled, named Betty & Bob. The dog’s owner is walking around defiantly making sure that everything is hunky dory, looking for dog poop, and cleaning up the dog poop. It’s a dirty job but someone has to do it. Charlie is obsessed with this topic! No, not really Nick is always talking about it!
I hear a dog barking (‘woof’). I hear a dog whimpering. I hear a cat meowing (‘meow’). Here’s what I see. The dog is on the beach. I can see the sand. He’s running back and forth from the foam. People were digging clams there. He’s afraid he’s going to be the next one to be a clam.
The dog is thinking, ‘Why am I wearing this cape?’ It looks like a butterfly. It’s thinking about a bone. It’s thinking, ‘If you don’t get me out of here I am going to drown.’ The dog is happy about something. He is definitely a defiant dog. You can see it in his eyes. He’s thinking. He sings, ‘Happy trails to you until we meet again. Happy trails to you until we meet again. You are just like a long lost friend.’(Several residents break out in song and continue serenading until group concludes.)
Created by male storytellers at a VA Dementia Care Community. 20 February, 2017
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