My pet family

This article is published in number 17 of Vanity Fair on newsstands until April 27, 2021

«That’s who he was in love with!», Silvia wrote to me, sending the photo of the gate in front of her house, between the bars of which you can see a white and brown dog. In the foreground is his Ron, a handsome black and white dog, same size, pointing at him. Two nights ago Silvia had sent a video where Ron was howling in despair, saying that to appease him she had told him the tale of the Three Little Pigs from the point of view of the wolf.

Another friend who I hadn’t heard from for months yesterday told me that she is now studying Reiki for animals, and that if I sent her a photo of my cat, who has recently undergone the second kidney operation in a year, she could also take care of it remotely. .
I do a program every morning on Radio Capital. I speak of books, but often also of animals, especially cats. It came by itself: listeners started sending photos of their pets and never stopped. Even my daughter, who has never considered our Obama, said that she missed a lot the week she was in the clinic and that she decided that when she lives alone she will take one, or maybe two, like my Roman niece who over to the dog Fix has adopted two terrible kittens that upset everything. We only talk to my sister about her Koala cat, named after the black spot on its white face. He took it a few months ago, after having long regretted the cat Janis, and now he is under it. The other niece is anxious about her bitch Mia because she fears she won’t live long. I hadn’t heard from one of my dearest childhood friends, Franco, for a long time: he came back by announcing that years after the legendary spinone Berlin disappeared, he and Betty decided to get a golden retriever puppy. They called him Totò: he sent me the video where he dives into the sea. They were happy. Let’s not talk about my cat, who now eats at the table with us and has possessive attitudes that I have never tolerated a minute in a man. Will it be the pandemic? Have we become more sensitive or more lonely?

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