title: The Zen of Yuki: a true story of a healer dog
author:  Bonnie Jae Dane 
description: Bonnie Jae Dane, a native of Southern Appalachia, is the author of the novels: A Chocolate Comedy; A Woman and Her Dog; her memoir The Book of Husbands; a true story; the novella Pretty Weeds; The Zen of Yuki a true story of a healer dog; the short story collection Women on Love; and writer of monologues used in the film SPEAKEASY women talkin mostly bout men, which won Most Creative Film. Ms. Dane is at present writing her next book a tour de force on growing older in America.
zlib_text: **FACE OFF**
  
  “You’re not a veterinarian. Veterinarians give dogs rabies vaccines. They
  don’t throw elementals around.”
  
  Kiyo regarded me levelly. “And Web designers don’t banish elementals to the
  Otherworld.”
  
  “Yeah, well, sometimes I moonlight.”
  
  The faintest ghost of a smile flickered across his face. “We need to talk
  about this—”
  
  “No. Don’t get any closer.” If I could have cocked the wand like a gun, I
  would have.
  
  “What are you going to do? You can’t cast me out. It won’t work.”
  
  I hesitated, wondering about that. He seemed so human. He had felt human. I
  hadn’t sensed anything from him like I would one of the gentry, yet his speed
  and strength had been superhuman.
  
  “What do you want from me? Why did you bring me back here?”
  
  “Look, Eugenie, just put the wand down. We’ll talk. We’ll figure this out.”
  
  “I thought you couldn’t be cast out,” I reminded him. “Why are you afraid of
  the wand? Maybe the Otherworld couldn’t hurt you…but what about the
  Underworld?”
  
  He didn’t answer. I sen