Family boundaries and celebrations: Why exclusion from a dinner plan led to a difficult decision regarding a birthday event

holding its breath. Thor didn’t snarl. He didn’t bark. He simply stood there, panting slowly, the sound wet and heavy. He was listening to Ethan.

The handlers exchanged alarmed glances. “What is he doing?” one whispered, the pole shaking in his hands.

“No idea. He never stops like that,” another muttered back. “He usually paces until he passes out.”

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