Waldo the therapy dog has retired to camp Charlotte after years of putting in his time traveling back and forth to Iowa Hospice.  Angela Parenza has spent years attempting to diffuse the anxiety of this damaged canine, but to no avail.   The only thing that would cool him was the back seat of a rolling car, highway miles preferred.  He began to get snarlie-toothed and foggy-eyed and car travel began to fatigue and overheat him, so he has been left at home more often, feeling useless and alone.

Finally, he was paired with a stray city dog, affectionately named after a stray city priest Fr. Richard.  Rikki is a slightly smaller terrier with a larger degree of fight.  Rikki was rescued from the east side and is living at large in the fenced back yard,  forever sniffing out a possible way back to Troost.  Waldo is so smitten by Rikki that he forgot he was retired.  He follows her around all day with gratitude for a new found life as a dog on a mission, hunting squirrels and managing falling leaves.