Training with Wolfie - Chapter 25 The End

Training with Wolfie

By Karen Singer

Chapter 25

Sunday morning, Rosa woke to find that Wolf wasn’t in his usual spot next to her bed.  When she got out of bed to look further, she discovered that he wasn’t in the room at all.  It took only a little bit of searching to find him.  He was in the guest bedroom with Brian, only he was up on the bed – where he didn’t belong!  Brian’s arm was over top of him.  The two of them were sleeping together.  This time, Rosa let Wolf be. 

She headed for the bathroom, then the kitchen.  She had no doubt that the sound and smell of her making breakfast would bring Wolf out of the room pretty quickly.  She cooked sausage.  Enough for three.  Before she put the eggs on, she went back to the guest bedroom.  Brian was now awake and looking at her.  Wolf was still laying next to him.  Brian’s hand was running unconsciously through Wolf’s fur.

“Good morning my angel,” she said brightly.  Brian only looked back at her with questioning eyes.  She was very glad he didn’t try to talk.  “Wolf.  Down!” she said as she walked over to the bed.  Wolf stayed put.  She pulled the covers back for Brain, then she picked up the rolled up piece of newspaper.  “Remember what I said,” she reminded Brian sternly.  “Wolf!  I said down.  Now!”  The big dog finally crawled off the bed.  Once down, he stretched.

Rosa set the newspaper down for a moment.  Let’s sit up,” she said to Brian. 

Brian did his best to get his legs over the edge of the bed.  It was easier to move today than it had been last night.  He was soon sitting on the side of the bed again.  “Now let’s see if we can get you to your feet.”  Rosa reached out with both hands and grabbed his.  It took a try or two, but Brian was finally standing.  With Rosa’s help, they slowly made their way into the bathroom.

“Remember what I said last night,” Rosa said.  “In this house, we always sit.”

Brian knew he could nod as a reply now.  He nodded as Rosa helped him to the toilet.  It was still difficult for him to grab things, but he managed to pull up the hem of the nightgown he was wearing and sit on the toilet.  After being naked for so long and going out in the backyard like a dog, having Rosa stand there and watch him pee made no impression on him at all. 

“Very good,” Rosa said.  She pulled him to his feet again and led him over to the sink where she turned the water on for him and made sure it was warm before he washed his hands.  Like last night, the warm water seemed to help him.  He still couldn’t move his fingers very well, but they were slowly getting better. 

With Rosa’s arm holding him around the waist, they slowly made their way into the kitchen where she sat him down in one of the chairs.  “I’ll have breakfast ready for you very soon,” she said.  She turned to Wolf.  “Come on big boy.  Let’s get you out into the yard for a few minutes.”  Wolf went willingly, despite the smell of sausage in the kitchen.

Sausage, and eggs, and toast.  And coffee!  Brian had a lot of trouble picking up the fork.  He had trouble using the fork.  But ne managed.  He had to use both hands to hold the cup steady enough to drink from it without spilling it.  And the entire time he ate, Wolf laid on the floor right next to him.

After breakfast, Rosa let Brian sit right where he was while she cleaned up the kitchen.  Brian watched her as he sat petting Wolf’s big head in his lap.  When Rosa was done, she finally turned to him.  “Okay, let’s see if we can get you on your feet again.  It was easier this time.  Once on his feet, she grabbed him around the waist again, and walked with him around the house.  After a minute, she began holding onto him less.  Then barely at all.  Soon, he was walking by himself.

She kept him walking for a few minutes by himself before she had him go back into the bathroom.  This time, she turned the shower water on.  While she was waiting for the water to warm up, she removed his nightgown, but this time, she removed her nightgown and panties as well so that they were both totally naked.  She helped him into the shower, and she got in with him.  She scrubbed his whole body clean, then she took her shampoo and conditioner and went after his messy hair.  After the shower, she dried him off, then put the same nightgown back on him.

She left him there, sitting on the closed toilet seat while she went to her bedroom to get dressed.  When she came back, she began brushing and combing his hair.  This time she combed it all straight back away from his face.  Then she had him walk around on his own for a while more. 

All morning she kept him moving, or sitting and trying to move his fingers better.  It was slow going, but little by little, his muscles loosened up and the movement came back, but through it all, she never allowed him to speak…until late in the morning, shortly before lunch.  She sat him down at the kitchen table.  She sat across from him…and she set the rolled up newspaper down right in front of her where he could see it. 

“We’re going to practice speaking now,” she told him, “but you’re only allowed to say what words I say you can.  Nothing else.  And you’re going to say the words the way I want you to say them.  Nod your head if you understand.”

Brian nodded.

“Good,” Rosa replied.  “Now say…Wolf.”

“Uull,” Brian tried.

Rosa smiled.  “Wolfie.”

“Ulie.”

“Try it again, Wolf.”

It took a try or two before Brian’s tongue could get the hang of things again, but he was soon speaking Wolf’s name clearly.  And then Rosa changed things in a way that Brian never anticipated

“Now the hard part,” Rosa told him.  “Say Wolf again, but raise the pitch of your voice so that it’s higher.”

That really surprised Brian, but all it took was for Rosa to glance down at the rolled up newspaper and he did his best. 

“Better, but a little higher than that.”

Brian tried again.

“Now speak it like that, but try to say it softer.”

Rosa worked with Brian for half an hour before she finally stopped.  “Only dog sounds now,” she told him.  “No more talking.”  But it was with a smile on her face that she got up to make lunch for them all.

After lunch, Rosa trimmed his fingernails, enabling him to move his fingers better, but while she trimmed them, she didn’t trim them that much, she still left them very long.  But at least they were smooth now and looked better.  And then she started in on more lessons.  Grab it this way.  Try to walk more like this.  Move your hands like that.  It was all little things.  Simple things.  But things she was now emphasizing everything with her piece of newspaper.  To his horror, Brian got hit a number of times with her newspaper as she tried to mold him into what she wanted.

By the end of the day, Brian was more confused than ever.  And the next day, Rosa started all over again.  “I didn’t like the way you moved your hands.” Was punctuated with a swat from her paper.  “I didn’t like the way you moved your body,” brought another swat.  And the three times they sat down to practice talking brought even more swats with her paper.  But by the end of the day, Brian was finally allowed to speak like a human again, as long as he didn’t ask questions, and as long as he spoke exactly the way she demanded. 

The next day, Rosa woke up to find Wolf again in Brian’s bed.  She shook her head.  She had a feeling that like it or not, Wolf was forever going to stay close to him.  She wasn’t sure how she felt about that, but she also knew that trying to fight it might not be the best thing.  She had just torn a very good friendship apart, and she had no doubt that the two of them were still trying to hold onto whatever they could of it.

“Come on, my angel,” she said to Brian.  “Let’s get you up and moving.  She got Brian out of bed, and her lessons with the newspaper began all over again.

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One week.  One entire week.  Seven full days.  Rosa didn’t let Brian ask what was going on, but Brian was figuring things out.  He could move his hands perfectly well again.  He could walk perfectly well again, but he wasn’t allowed to move his hands, or walk, or even sit down like he used to.  And talking…that was the most difficult part.  But Brian had figured out what Rosa was trying to do with him.  Just not the why or anything else.  And for those entire seven days, the only thing he was allowed to wear was one of Rosa’s nightgowns.

On the eighth day, Rosa sat him down at the kitchen table.  She set the newspaper down in front of her as she usually did.  Brian expected more speaking lessons, but that’s not what happened at all.  This time, Rosa got serious again, but it was a different kind of serious.

“Don’t talk!” she said.  Just listen.  Understand?”

Brian nodded. 

Rosa looked at him for a moment, then took a deep breath.  Finally, she began.  “It’s time,” she said, “for you to start making some decisions about what to do with the rest of your life.”  She watched his face and saw the surprised reaction.  “I’m going to offer you a choice now,” she told him.  “I’ll give you all day today, and all day tomorrow to think about it, but by bedtime tomorrow night, I’ll want an answer.  And that’s the decision we both will stick to from now on.  Is that clear?”

Brian nodded hesitantly. 

“If you like, you can go back to your old life.  You can go today.  This morning if you want.  No strings attached.  The house next door is vacant again, and it’s been cleaned.  I’ll have what few things you owned taken from storage and returned to you immediately.  You can stay there free of charge for the next six months.  What’s more, until you get a job, I’ll give you a little bit of money to live on as well – until you get yourself a job.  After that, you’ll be on your own, and after that six months, I’ll either expect you to start paying your rent, or move somewhere else.”

She watched his face.  She could see he was relieved about some of what she had told him.  She continued.  “Brian, you can do whatever you want.  Get any job you want, but I highly recommend that you don’t go back to teaching school.  You weren’t cut out for it.  You simply don’t have the backbone to stand up to anyone.  And Brian, I think we’ve pretty much proved that point over the last few months.”  She saw the look on his face.  She couldn’t tell what he was feeling.  It was either puzzlement, or horror. 

“Before any of this started, all you did was complain about how those kids walked all over you.  And Brian, we both know now that it wasn’t their parent’s fault at all, it was you, and your total lack of any ability to stand up for yourself.”  She could see the feeling of hurt on his face.  So be it.

“Remember, you can leave and go back to your old life, in any way or form that you want, either after tomorrow night, or even right now if you want.  But Brian, I have another option for you to listen to and consider.  You can either go back to your old life.  Back to being Brian the spineless wimp.  Or…you can stay here and live permanently with me.  You’ll help me clean the house.  You’ll help me with my rental properties.  You’ll help me do many things.  But more importantly, what I really want, is simply, a companion.  If you stay with me, you’ll become the companion that I want – in the way I want.  And I think that over the last week you’ve already figured out a lot of what that will mean.  You won’t be Brian anymore.  Instead, you’ll become…Angel.  Together, we’ll shed that male exterior of yours that never worked for you at all, and together, we’ll create someone new.  Someone with confidence.  And I hope and believe, someone who will truly be happy.  That’s what I believe anyway.  That will be my wish, for me to be happy, but also, for you to be happy.”

She saw the wheels turning in his head, but she also saw the indecision.  “Think about it Brian.  You have until tomorrow night before you go to bed.”  She took the newspaper in front of her and unrolled it.  And then she ripped the paper in half.  “Go enjoy yourself now.  Go play with Wolfie if you want.  But think about what I said.  The choice…is yours.”

  Still wearing nothing but one of her nightgowns, Brian headed out to the porch swing.  Wolfie came right up to him and he sat there petting Wolf’s big head and stroking his warm thick fur.  What should he do?  Go back to his old life?  Go back to teaching school?  He remembered the kids and how they were with him.  Impossible!  He shuddered.  But she would let him live in his old house for free for the next six months.  And she would give him money to live on.  He could find a new job.  A different job for sure.  She was right, he couldn’t teach school anymore.  He just…couldn’t!  Just thinking about it made him sick.

Or…he could live here as…Angel?  And he was pretty sure that living here as Angel, meant that she somehow wanted him to live…as a woman?  How the heck?  But she had been forcing him to talk differently – more like a woman.  And move differently – more like a woman.  He had no doubt she would continue to force him to do many things differently if he decided to do that. 

So what should he do?  Freedom, or….  Would he be free in any way if he went with what she wanted?  Her companion?  She wanted a friend around? 

All day long he thought about it.  Freedom, or….  Something else.  Shortly before dinner, he decided he had to take a chance and try to ask.  She might beat him raw for asking, but he felt he had to try. 

Rosa was in the kitchen making dinner.  He walked in and stopped watching her.  Trying hard to use the voice she had been forcing him to use, he said, “Rosa, can I please ask something.”

Rosa was surprised.  She turned around and smiled.  “Of course.  I was hoping you might.”

“If I stay here with you, as Angel.  What kind of freedom would I have?”

That’s a very good question,” Rosa replied.  “Let’s sit down.”  She turned the stove off and sat at the table with him.  “You would of course have more freedom to do whatever you like…but that freedom would come a little bit over time.  You’d get as much freedom as I feel you’re ready for.  I won’t let you go out and do anything alone, until I feel you’re confident enough.  Ready enough.  But once you reach that point, you’ll still live here with me, but you’ll have your own entire life as well.  It will simply be as Angel instead of Brian.”

Brian nodded.  “You want me to become a woman,” he said.

“Yes.  I do.  A woman, and my companion.  My helper.  Someone to keep me company.  Someone I can talk to.  Someone who will talk to me.  Someone…I can do things with.  And Brian make no mistake, you will also become a lover for me as well.”

Brian nodded.  “Thank you,” he replied.  He got up and went outside to think things through again.  It was a lot to think about.  And now that included…being her lover.  But would he get love in return? 

He went back into the kitchen.  Rosa was just setting the table.  He stopped behind the chair where he usually sat.  “You said you want me to be your lover, but would I get love in return?”

Rosa went to him and hugged him.  Her voice was a whisper.  “More than you think.  Much more than you think.  And Brian, in bed, I’ve had a lot of experience.  Both with men and women.  But to be honest, if you’re talking about sex, I’m not sure how much I’ll use you as a man.  That part may have to work itself out over time.  But I promise, I won’t let you go unfulfilled.  I want your new life, to be as fulfilling, in all ways, as possible.  I just see a different vision for you of your life than you’ve ever considered before.”

Brian nodded.  It was even more to think about. 

“Now sit down, and let’s eat.”

Brian fed Wolf his dinner that night.  And then later, he sat on his bed while Wolf sat in front of him.  He stroked Wolf’s thick fur over and over again.  “What should I do Wolfie?” he asked quietly. 

Wolf whined and laid his big head in Brian’s lap.  Brian pet his head like that, staring at his best friend for a few moments.  Then he got off the bed and knelt down on the floor where he hugged the big dog. 

He got to his feet and went out to find Rosa.  “Rosa?” he said trying hard with the voice she wanted him to use. 

“Yes?”

“I think I like the name Angel.”

Rose jumped up, went to him, and hugged him.

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Connie rang the doorbell.  It had been a month now since she had been to see Rosa.  They had talked a few times on the phone, but only a few. From inside the house, she heard Wolf’s deep loud bark.  She wasn’t afraid of Wolf anymore.  In fact, she actually liked the big dog.  But the strange thing was Bobo.  Every time she mentioned Bobo to Rosa, she had changed the subject and refused to talk about him.  She could only surmise that Bobo, was now back to being Brian again, and was long gone.  And she couldn’t blame him one bit!

The door opened and Connie was suddenly quite surprised.  Rosa hadn’t opened the door, but another woman had.  Except closer examination told her that it wasn’t just another woman, but Brian – dressed as a woman.  She stood there wide-eyed, taking him in.  He was wearing a rather nice dress.  He had small heels on his feet.  He was wearing makeup.  And the biggest change of all, his hair had been styled and bleached to a light blonde. 

“Hi Connie,” Angel said brightly as she held the door open for her. 

Connie came in, but her eyes never once left the person in front of her.  “Brian?” she finally asked.

Angel smiled, but it was Rosa who came up and answered.  “It’s not Brian anymore, and it won’t ever be Brian again.  Connie, I’d like you to meet my new companion.  Connie, this is Angel.”

“Angel?” Connie asked, still staring in disbelief.  She finally turned her head to look at Rosa.  “Companion?”

Rosa smiled.  “Yes, from now on, Angel will be living with me, and helping me with everything I need.”

Connie stared back at Angel.  “Angel?” she said, still trying to come to grips with it.

Angel smiled.  “Believe it or not, I can’t remember ever being this happy,” she told Connie.  “For the first time in my life, I feel like I’m wanted.  And needed.  And…loved.”

Connie looked back and forth between the two of them, then she finally smiled at Angel.  She went to her, and hugged her.  “Hi Angel,” she whispered.  “I can’t tell you how happy I am for you.”

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It was a beautiful spring day.  Rosa and Angel had been very busy getting another of her new rental properties ready for someone to move into.  The house next door had been rented to a salesman who was away quite often.  Rosa and Angel sat on the porch swing together enjoying a glass of iced tea.  Wolf was out in the back of the yard, doing his business back there. 

Rosa put her hand on Angel’s arm.  “Angel,” she said.  “You’ve been the best thing in my life in many years.  Is there anything you’d like?  Anything at all I can do for you?”

Angel watched Wolf way out in the yard.  She turned her head to Rosa.  “Can I do something?”

“What?”

Angel told her.

Rosa considered it.  “Okay.  But just this once, and only for today.”

Half an hour later, Rosa opened the back door and let Angel out.  Angel saw Wolfie rolling around on the grass.  She barked.  Wolf heard it and reacted instantly, picking his head up to see.  A moment later, he ran up the steps and was licking Angel’s face.  Angel nuzzled him back and barked playfully.  Together the two dogs ran down the steps and out into the yard, where they played like the two best friends they still were. 

Rosa sat and watched the two of them.  Bobo was back again, but only for the day.  But Rosa had no doubt that she would let Angel play this way with Wolf again.  She just wouldn’t let her play that way too much.  She needed Angel now.  She was forever grateful to have Angel in her life.  And she was sure that Angel felt pretty much the same way.  But once in a while.  Once, every so often, she might let Angel, and Wolfie, play.

The end.

Training with Wolfie - Chapter 24

Training with Wolfie

By Karen Singer

Chapter 24

It was Tuesday.  Bobo of course didn’t know that.  Bobo no longer knew Tuesday from Saturday, or Thursday from Monday.  Everyday was Tuesday as far as Bobo was concerned.  Or was everyday Saturday?  It simply didn’t matter.  Wolf heard the truck pull into the driveway and started barking.  Not badly, just loud enough to let everyone know that someone was there.  Of course, it was still loud enough to let anyone outside know that he was in the house and would protect it too.

“Quiet Wolf,” Rosa said as she walked past him.  “Go sit.”

The knock came a few minutes later.  Wolf barked again from where he was walking in circles back next to Bobo.  Rosa looked back at him and Wolf sat down.  Only then did Rosa open the door.  “Jose, Isabelle, how are you?” Rosa asked as she let the two dog trainers in. 

“I see things with Wolf and Bobo are still going quite well,” Jose noted.

“Very well,” Rosa agreed.  “Let’s get the dogs outside, and then I’d like to talk to you for a moment.”

“Oh?”

But Rosa wouldn’t say anything else.  A minute later, Wolf and Bobo were in the backyard, but Rosa had kept Jose and Isabelle inside with her.  “I just wanted to let you know that this will be the last time,” Rosa told them.  “I’ve loved everything you’ve done, but it’s time now for it all to end.” She breathed a small quick sigh.  “And, I’m afraid that Bobo will be coming to an end very soon as well.  I’m going to have to let him go.”

“We’re very sad to hear that,” Jose replied.  “But we understand.  We appreciate the business you’ve given us.”

“Thank you,” Rosa told them.  “Thank you both so much.”

Once again Bobo and Wolf were put through their exercises out in the yard, but this time, the session didn’t last as long as it usually did.  Before Bobo knew it, he and Wolf were back in the house while Jose and Isabelle removed the ramp, the tunnel, and the plastic bar that Wolf jumped over.  A few minutes later, Wolf barked as their truck started up, and left.

Rosa sighed again.  It was all slowly going away.  All her fun was gradually leaving her.  Unfortunately, it was time. 

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On Wednesday evening, Connie started moving things back into her house.  It was going to take her several days, but she started on Wednesday. 

On Thursday, all the things that she had in storage were delivered back to her house and put in place.  She came over to Rosa’s house for dinner that night, and the two of them discussed enthusiastically how wonderful it was for Connie’s house to be finished and how great it was.  Connie was excited and enthusiastic.  Rosa acted excited and enthusiastic.  But Rosa was anything but excited and enthusiastic. 

On Friday, Rosa stood in the living room with Connie and accepted the key to the house next door back from her.  She could no longer hide her tears.  The two women hugged, and Connie left.  Rosa went to her room, laid down on the bed, and cried.

It was all coming to an end.  Everything.  It was all over.

That night, after dinner, Rosa sat on her couch.  The TV was on.  Wolf was chewing on one of his toys on the other side of the room.  Bobo was in his usual place between the two chairs.  It was all coming to an end.

“Come here my little angel,” she said softly.  She watched in delight as Bobo picked up his head, worked his way to his feet, then headed over.  She raised herself up enough to pull her shorts and panties down and off.  And in moments, Bobo was again between her legs.  This would be the last time.  Knowing that, it was more difficult for her to reach an orgasm than ever, but she did have one very nice one.  She stopped Bobo from going any further after that.

It was all coming to an end.

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On Saturday morning, Rosa woke up, put the dogs outside so they could do their business.  She fixed breakfast for herself, making more bacon than she usually did.  The dogs had a special treat that morning.  She enjoyed watching them wolf it all down. 

She took a shower and got herself dressed for the day.  Just shorts and a t-shirt.  Nothing fancy.  Nothing special. 

With the dogs in the backyard, she finally went to the house next door and looked through it.  It looked fairly clean.  She knew Connie would leave it that way, but she would still have her people come in anyway and clean it all from top to bottom.  Would Brian be occupying it again?  She didn’t know.  She only knew that it was all coming to an end.

She sat on the porch for much of the day, sitting in the swing and watching her two dogs play.  Later, she sat in the living room and watched them playing in the house.  Often that day, she sat and watched the two of them napping next to each other.  She was going to miss that.  She was going to miss it all.  But it all had to come to an end.  It was not only time, it was past time.

She fixed dinner that night.  For the first time in a few weeks, Bobo got a dinner of human food.  He was ecstatic to say the least.  Wolf too got a small portion of human food mixed into his food.  Wolf gobbled it all down so fast Rosa wasn’t sure if he realized it was human food or not.

After dinner, she let the dogs outside again while she sat on the porch and watched them.  As the sun began setting in the sky, she finally called them into the house.  It was all coming to an end…and now it was time.

The two dogs had gone into the living room, Wolf to one of his usual spots, Bobo to his usual place between the chairs.  Rosa went back to the kitchen for a minute and found the newspaper.  She grabbed a few pages from it, folded it, and carried it back to the living room with her.  “Bobo….  Come!”

Bobo looked up at her.  He had just started another nap.  What did she want now? 

“Come my little Angel,” Rosa said.

Oh.  That.  But she wasn’t taking her clothes off.  He walked up to her, not sure what she wanted, and sat.  This time, Rosa knelt down in front of him.  “Bobo, I want you to watch what I’m doing very carefully.”  She took the newspaper she had brought with her, and unfolded it somewhat, then she started rolling it up into a tight roll.  “See what I’m doing?” she said.  “Do you remember when I had a rolled up newspaper like this before?”

Bobo’s eyes went wide as he remembered being hit and punished with it. 

“Yes, I see that you do remember.”

Bobo let out a small whimper.  He wondered what he had done wrong.

Rosa finished rolling the newspaper up, then set it next to her on the floor.  “If you make one noise, one sound, that isn’t like a dog, I’m going to beat you with that paper.  Understand?”

Bobo made no reply.  He made no move, he only looked at the paper, then up at her with pleading eyes.  He didn’t want to get punished. 

Rosa nodded at him.  “Just remember, only dog sounds.  Now stay!”

On her knees, Rosa worked her way around behind him.  Now she just had to figure out how to remove those bindings that Tolliver had created.

Bobo felt Rosa doing something behind him.  He felt her pulling at the straps that bound his legs up.  What was she doing?  A moment later, Wolf came over and nuzzled against his face.  Bobo dared not move.  Wolf went back to see what Rosa was doing. 

“Move Wolf,” Rosa said softly as she pushed the big dog away.  She pulled harder on one of the straps and it finally came free.  Piece by piece she began removing Bobo’s tail and the pieces that bound his legs up into uselessness.  “Remember,” she said to Bobo.  “Only dog sounds!”

Bobo finally realized she was taking the things off of his legs.  Why?  The entire process was somewhat frightening.  But piece by piece, little by little he felt everything loosen up.  The piece that went under him that held his penis trapped went first.  The cool air hit it, but the sensation wasn’t one he could savor very long as he felt Rosa continuing to remove the bindings. 

Rosa pulled Bobo’s left leg out of the construction that Tolliver had created.  With the binding now gone, Bobo’s leg was still up in the position it had been in for several months now.  “Remember,” Rosa said firmly.  “Only dog sounds!”  She grabbed his leg and very gently, very slowly pulled.  There was resistance, a lot of resistance.  She saw the tension in Bobo’s body.  She heard the desperate whine he let out.  She saw him arch his back.  He was in pain, but she continued to slowly pull his leg down until it touched the floor.  She released it, and it sprang up a little.  Then it went all the way back up.  Rosa grabbed it again and pulled.  Slowly but surely, she brought it all the way back down to the floor again.  She heard the painful whining from Bobo as she held the leg down this time for a few minutes. 

Finally, she released his leg again.  It rose some, but not all the way up.  She moved to his other leg and removed the bindings there.  That leg too wanted to stay in the position it had been in for far too long.  Once again, Rosa fought with the leg to bring it down, while Bobo whined painfully.  She held both legs down on the floor for a few minutes. 

But the legs were still bent at the knees since Bobo was standing up.  “Bobo,” she said.  “Lie down!”

Bobo whined again.  He wasn’t sure he wanted to lie down.

“Bobo! Lie down flat!  Now!”

Bobo whined again, but he slowly worked his way down on to his belly.  His naked penis felt the floor under him for the first time in months. 

Rosa watched as Bobo laid down on his belly.  His knees had drawn his lower legs up again.  She pulled on both of his legs. Slowly stretching them out.  Slowly stretching them down.  This time, she let up a few times and let them go back up a bit before she slowly stretched them down further.  But before long, for the first time in months, both of Bobo’s legs were stretched out straight.  And when Rosa let go of them, they stayed that way.  She didn’t miss Bobo’s painful whine however, but he was just going to have to get used to it again.

While Bobo was trying to get use to his legs being straight, Rosa went in front of him and grabbed his left paw.  But she couldn’t get the bindings off of it without that little tool that Tolliver had given her.  She left Bobo where he was while she went to find it.  It took her a little while to find it.  When she came back, she used it to unscrew the screws that held his hand bindings together.  She tediously undid the leather lacing that that held it all in place and she peeled it all down and off of one arm, then the other, leaving his hands still fastened into the bindings.  She could see that his fingers had become much thinner than they had been.  The little leather loops for each of them no longer fit tight.  From underneath the wooden block, she finally figured out how to loosen the leather loops completely.  Then very slowly and carefully, she pulled the device off of his left hand.  Hand!  No longer a paw.  Brian’s fingers stayed in the position they had been in for so long.  “Can you move your fingers?” she asked softly.

Brian tried, but the best he could do was to move them only a tiny bit.

“It’s okay,” Rosa said, “it will come.  Just remember, only dog sounds.”  She looked down at the rolled up newspaper, and she made sure that Brian saw her looking at it.  Then she started removing the loops of leather and the block of wood from his other hand.

Brian couldn’t believe it.  She was taking it all off of him.  How long had he worn it all?  He had no idea.  He wasn’t sure he even cared.  He only knew that she was removing it all now.  But he couldn’t speak.  She wasn’t letting him talk yet.  Was she removing it all permanently?  Or was it just temporary?  He didn’t know and she didn’t seem to be saying. 

Rosa pulled the final piece off of him.  “Move your fingers,” she said as she held his hand up.  But like before, the fingers barely moved.  Rosa took a deep breath.  “Okay,” she said.  “I know standing up like a human will probably be difficult, or maybe impossible right now.  But follow me into the bathroom the best you can.”

She took a few steps away from him and watched as he tried to get himself to his knees.  But his hands were still in the same position they had been in before.  She noticed that he didn’t even try to get to his feet.  He slowly crawled his way behind her, all the way into the bathroom, walking on the fingertips of his hands.

Rosa started the water running in the tub, making it as hot as she dared, While the water was still running, she said, “Okay Bobo, get yourself into the tub.”

Bobo managed to get his hands and arms over the edge of the tub, but Rosa had to help him roll the rest of his body over into the hot water.  Hot water!  He whimpered again at the feel of it.  But as he stretched his body out in the water, it soon started to feel good.  Rosa let the water run for a while, then she finally turned it off.  “Relax there for a while,” she said.  She left him there like that, going out of the bathroom, but coming back again often to check on him.  Wolf was in the bathroom now too, sitting next to the tub, his head resting on the edge of the tub watching his friend. 

The warm water helped.  Brian moved his legs…a little.  It was still painful, to move them, but the warm water did help.  His fingers loosened up a little too.  He could move them better, but not much.  He certainly couldn’t make a fist, even if his fingernails weren’t way too long.

Rosa finally came back with the rolled up newspaper in her hand.  “Remember,” she said again.  “Only dog sounds.”  Brian looked at the newspaper, this time he dared to nod his head.  He was very glad she didn’t punish him for that. 

“Do you need to pee?” Rosa asked.

Brian realized that he could pee.  He dared to nod his head again.

“Then let’s get you out of that tub.”

Since he could move a little better now, Brian was able to get himself up to where he could sit on the side of the tub.  “Move your legs out now,” Rosa suggested, and Brian was soon sitting with his legs out of the tub.  Rosa raised the lid on the toilet.  “See if you can move over to sit on the toilet now,” Rosa told him.  “And in this house, we always sit down on the toilet.  We never stand!”  She picked up her newspaper to emphasize that point.

Brian carefully worked his way from sitting on the edge of the tub to sitting on the toilet. 

“Now push that thing of yours down and pee,” Rosa told him.

Brian did just that.  It was the first time he could remember peeing into a toilet in ages. 

When he was done, Rosa grabbed a towel and began drying him off.  When she was done, she grabbed both of his hands.  “Okay, let’s see if you can stand.”

Stand?  Brian let her pull on his arms, while he did his best to push with his legs.  There were several times when he almost made it, but he fell back again to sit on the toilet.  But with one final big pull from Rosa, he suddenly found himself fully on his feet for the fist time in…forever!  His balance wasn’t very good though and Rosa had to hold him up to keep him from falling. 

Very carefully, Rosa held him tightly while she led him out of the bathroom and into the guest bedroom.  She pulled the covers back on the bed and sat him down on the side of it.  Then she left him for a few minutes.  When she came back, she pulled a simple nightgown onto him.  She helped him to lay down in the bed and she pulled the covers over him again.  “Goodnight my angel,” she said softly.  “Wolf!  Out!”  She left him lying there.  She would have to see how he was in the morning.

Brian wasn’t sure what to make of it all.  Was she really letting him go?  Was he free from being a dog anymore?  Could it be true?  He could only hope.  But that piece of rolled up newspaper was still there, still on the nightstand next to his bed.  She still wasn’t letting him be completely human.  Why? 

For the first time in forever, he fell asleep in a bed.  His hands and his legs aching, His body automatically drawing itself up into the position he had been forced to sleep in for months now.  It was the only way he could be comfortable.

Rosa silently checked on him a number of times before she went to bed.  Each time, she had to pull Wolf out of the room.  But fortunately, she never woke him.  She was betting he needed sleep.  She wondered how it felt for him to sleep in a bed for a change.  She wondered how it felt for him to be able to stretch his legs out and move his hands again.  She wondered many things about him.  But it was time for his life as a dog to end. 

But it wasn’t all over yet!