Controlled Impulses: Chapter 6
# **Chapter 6: Break-in period** _ **Author's note** : This story features characters introduced in Chapters 5 and 2, so consider reading those first._ I was settling into my new life as an obedient workout dog. But on the fifth day, an unmarked...
Controlled Impulses: Chapter 5
# **Chapter 5: A new recruit** I was watching TV in my underwear on the sofa when I heard the doorbell ring, long and loud. Startled, I jumped up, bounded the short distance to the front door, and opened it with a jerk. Perhaps if I'd been less...
Sales Training: Day 4
Davey was pretty quiet the next morning, and I started to worry for the first time about how much trouble he could make for me at work if he wanted to. Our company was based in Mississippi, pretty conservative. Both our bosses would probably take a dim...
Sales Training: Day 3
The following night we took the trainees out for dinner at the nicest restaurant I knew of in Charlotte. I made Davey sit at the far end of the table so that we each had a group of trainees to entertain. Many of the them were from small towns, so this...
Sales Training: Day 2
The alarm clock's buzz woke me with a jolt at half past 5, making my fur stand on end. Davey snored on for another minute so I put a large paw in the middle of his naked chest and shoved him awake, not particularly gently. "Alright, kiddo, let's get...
Sales Training: Day 1
I looked around the sweltering baggage claim area for a clock, and found one over the shuttered customer service desk: it was after 1:00am already. I was supposed to meet a new junior sales training coordinator here at this spot in Charlotte airport so...
Birthday Surprise
In retrospect, I should have realized what would happen to me at school on my birthday. They even warned me about it, though it didn't make any sense at the time. I should have realized. I mean, yes, I'd heard that crazy things happen to members of...
Waterfall (100 words)
_I wrote this very short story for [this one hundred word story contest](https://twitter.com/Paintfox34/status/916144381475938304) by PaintFox. Happy FoxTober!_ We stood atop the thundering waterfall, looking down to the diving pool far below. I...
Controlled Impulses: Chapter 4
# **Chapter 4: Return to sender** _ **Author's note** : If you're skipping around, I recommend reading at least the end of Chapter 3 before this one._ The weekend was the same routine as always. Do chores. Eat huge meals. Lift weights. Then more...
Controlled Impulses: Chapter 3
# **Chapter 3: Unscheduled delivery** I was in the middle of my morning chores when the doorbell rang. It was unusual for anyone to visit, so I opened the front door excitedly to see who it was. A large male tiger stood on the patio: Mark, another...
Controlled Impulses: Chapter 2
# **Chapter 2: A special treat** Father looked up from the small kitchen table, peering at me over his tablet. It was displaying the morning's news. "Andy, you're not finishing your breakfast. We talked about this." I looked up at him, startled. I...
Controlled Impulses: Chapter 1
# **Chapter 1: A private demonstration** On a morning that started like any other, Father announced after breakfast that I'd be coming to the lab with him that day. "Okay," I said disinterestedly between bites of breakfast. I hadn't been to the lab...