Feeling election stress? Today's stories about a man and his dog may help. Timothy Braun was on a run through the Texas heat. When he stopped at a local animal shelter for a drink of water, he was taken by a dog who stared at him with pointy ears and mismatched eyes — one brown, one blue. He had no intention of adopting a dog, but “out of curiosity, or God knows what” he looked into the dog’s folder. It said that he'd been abandoned by an old woman. Her reason? “Dusty keeps following me around the house.” On today’s episode, we follow Dusty and Timothy’s relationship through two stories, seven years apart. Featured stories:“Four-Legged Reason to Keep It Together" and "She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who Was Nice to Animals" by Timothy Braun Timothy's stories story were recorded by Audm. To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.
Mia. Dan. I have something to play for you on my phone.
Oh, okay.
I just dropped it.
Hang on.
You ready?
Yeah. [DOG BARKING]
Oh, but what is that?
It's my dog, Rico. [DOG BARKING]
It doesn't sound like a happy sound, but it's actually a happy sound.
[DOG BARKING] He's so happy right now.
He sounds like someone in pain.
So it sounds like he's in pain or something, but he's actually like-- OK.
--he loves it.
He like throws his head up,
and it's sort of a moment of pure bonding and joy to Howl and Howl.
And he'll go as long as we go.
Oh, wow.
[DOG BARKING] Oh.
Oh, one more.
That's it now.