Robert watched the teacher and Sarah leave, and grinned. He knew what was going to happen to his etacher now - after all, he'd started out as a puppy here himself just a few months ago. Billy and Michael, two boys who spent a lot of time with him, hung back as the otehr kids formed groups with Victoria, and followed him down a side corridor.
"This is neat!" Michael, a dark-haired boy with glasses looked around and the different dogs who were all watching them with wagging tails. "Do you think they're all friendly?"
"Oh, yeah!" Robert spotted what he was looking for - a young male Golden Retreiver who starting yipping in excitement when he saw them. While a few months had not made much change in Robert the human, the puppy that the real Robert had been changed into had matured into the equivalent of a young teenager.
The happy canine licked Robert's hand and barked happily, then sniffed and licked the other two boy's fingers as well. Billy petted the animal. "He really likes you! It's like he knows you from somewhere."
"He was my puppy for a few weeks, but my mom made me get rid of him when he kept peeing on the carpet. The kennel took him back, though."
"Look at this one!" Michael had gone over to a cage with a chocolate lab that was staring at him longingly. Her tail swung slowly from side-to-side, and she whined low in her throat.
"The cage is unlocked. Go on in! She won't hurt you." Robert reached up and opened the latch. "Go on! You aren't chicken, are you?"
"No! I was just.. " Michael slipped into the large pen and looked back at his friends. "See? So why aren't you guys in with one.. hey!" The big lab was licking the back of the boy's head. "She's making my hair all slobbery!"
Robert dragged Billy away from the cage to one on the other side. This one held a blue-eyed white male wolf hybrid who watched them with his tail and ears up. "Lookit this one! He's cool!"
Billy opened the gate and slipped in right away, looking back at Robert proudly. "See? I ain't afraid!" The wolf mix came to him slowly, sniffed him, and then started to lick his face.
Robert stepped back and looked at his two friends. Michael was facing away from him now, getting his face licked. That made it easy to see the large patch of chocolate brown hair on the back of his head. By the time he turned back to Billy, his other friend had white fuzz appearing on his cheeks, and his face looked slightly pushed out.