Will Graham Helped Me Understand Why I Collect Dogs
There’s only love and acceptance
Hi, I’m Gaby.
A few facts about me:
I’m Mexican.
I’m a high-school teacher.
I’m autistic (diagnosed in my thirties).
Oh, and I have 11 dogs.
I have always had lots of dogs.
It started when I was a kid. One of my classmates was given away dogs. She gave me a mixed-breed female puppy. She brought it to school, and we played with her all day long.
Yeap, in Mexican schools you can sometimes get away with bringing a pet into the classroom.
I dared bring her home because I had heard my father mention that we should perhaps get a dog. You know, to protect the house.
In the following months, we got more dogs. I don’t remember the exact number, but I think there were about 8 of them.
I would continuously go outside to play with them. It was fun. It was peaceful.
Later on, I moved out of my parents’ house into a small studio. My most significant pain was the fact that dogs were not admitted. Eventually, I moved into a small house, with a bit of a yard.
