A few days later, Paul went to visit his family. Momma said, "Aww, I see you brought your new dog too. He's so cute. He strangely looks a lot
like you. You even dressed him to match your outfit. You look so adorable. Come tell me all about it."
It took a bit for Paul to realize that it would be like the veterinarian all over again. His family saw him as a dog but spoke to him as a human
and as far as his family was concerned, he was both Paul and his pet Rufus at the same time. Paul didn't like his family much so decided, "Well,
at least this will be interesting even if it isn't an improvement."
After hours of the usual family banter that drove Paul crazy, Paul's dad suggested, "You know, your dog hasn't had a chance to relieve himself.
How about you and your brother take Rufus for a walk."
Pete said, "That's a great idea. I'd love to go."
Paul got along better with Pete than with the rest of his family. He didn't particularly like Pete since Pete was several years younger than Paul,
but at least Pete didn't drive him crazy like his parents did.
They were about to head out the door when Pete mentioned, "How's Rufus supposed to relieve himself with all those clothes."
Paul thought, "Kat is having more fun at my expense. She's probably spying on us right now." So Paul stripped his clothes and let his brother
attach the leash. It was surreal walking side by side with his brother and talking while at the same time being led naked down a public street.
After a while, Pete said, "Well is your dog going to relieve himself or not."
So Paul walked over to a tree and watered it.
Pete said, "Good boy." and began petting Paul. He ran his hand all the way down Paul's back during the petting.
After that day, Paul didn't worry so much about clothing. He still wore clothes to work or in front of his landlord hoping they'd still think of him
as human. But he enjoyed receiving far more touch as a dog than he ever did as a human. He would go to the park naked and walk up to
strangers begging to be pet and often, people would pet him, not realizing that they were petting a naked man. Even priests would pet him
and not call him a pervert.
Then one day, Paul was taking a shower when there was pounding on his door. Wrapping a towel around his waist, Paul went to see who it was.
It was his landlord so Paul opened the door.
"What's up." Paul asked.
"So, it is true." the landlord growled, "You do have a dog in your apartment. Don't you know the policy? No pets."
Paul stammered not knowing what to say.
The landlord continued, "I've been getting complaints from people who want pets and wonder why I allow you to have one when they can't have
one. Well, I've been thinking of changing the policy anyway. Some pets are okay as long as they are well behaved. But one thing I insist is that
all pets be spayed or neutered. That reduces a large amount of the pets troubling behavior. Is your dog neutered."
Paul said, "Uh, yes. He's neutered."
The landlord said, "Let me see."
Paul said, "No, I'm not going to show you."
The landlord said, "Let me see. I'm not going to believe you until I see for myself."
Paul said, "No." but the landlord grabbed his towel and yanked it away. Paul tried to cover himself but the landlord grabbed his balls.
The landlord said, "He's not neutered. In fact, his balls are quite large. You lied to me. Fortunately, I spent years on a ranch where I had to
neuter many an animal. I could do it for your right now. I have the equipment with me right here."
Paul ran and grabbed the phone. He started dialing Kat. The landlord followed him and began working on Paul's balls. Paul tried to wiggle away
but the landlord was a big bear of a man and Paul couldn't escape.
The landlord said, "I like to trim the hair around the area before I work. I like to keep my work clean and it's easier to see what I'm doing
without so much hair in the way."
As Paul felt the trimmer going over his balls, the phone call connected. Paul immediately yelled, "Kat, help."