My Pug Willy is getting a fan base, and I’m worried he’ll soon decide he’s out of my league.
We were flying back home from Indiana after being at a Karen Pryor clicker trainer school event, and airport security swarmed Willy. I’m not exaggerating when I say the TSA officials, the X-ray analysts, and all the scanners gathered around him until he had over a dozen people cooing over him, petting him and laughing.
When I told them Willy’s vest is representative of his certification through the Delta Society to visit people in hospitals, they all said that he must do his job well, because he was giving them so much joy. One Delta Airlines employee was terrified of dogs after being bitten three times as a child, and she came over to Willy and said how much she admired that he could read her body language and respected the fact that she wasn’t brave enough yet to pet him, but just wanted to look.
One security officer said it best: “Pets are the greatest therapists and bring so much healing! Just look at what your dog is doing to help all of us!”
Good job, Willy!
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