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Feeling election stress? Today's stories about a man and his dog may help.\n\nTimothy 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 \u2014 one brown, one blue. He had no intention of adopting a dog, but \u201cout of curiosity, or God knows what\u201d he looked into the dog\u2019s folder. It said that he'd been abandoned by an old woman. Her reason? \u201cDusty keeps following me around the house.\u201d\n\nOn today\u2019s episode, we follow Dusty and Timothy\u2019s relationship through two stories, seven years apart.\n\nFeatured stories:\u201cFour-Legged Reason to Keep It Together" and "She Wanted a Man With a Good Job Who Was Nice to Animals" by Timothy Braun\n\n\nTimothy's stories story were recorded by Audm.\xa0To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android.