Glenn Whipple is a professional Pickler in his early 40s. His younger brother, Hooper had recently fallen on hard times and was forced to move in with Glenn. It wasn’t an ideal situation: Hooper was a heavy drinker who was becoming increasingly hostile since his career as a Contractor failed to pan out. At least he was always kind to Lizzie, Glenn’s very loving and loyal German Shephard.
Glenn soon discovered that his brother had array of sleeping disorders. He walked and talked in his sleep: even going so far as to start minor home-improvement projects while asleep, causing a large amount of damage and disarray in Glenn’s modest ranch-style home.
Glenn was finally motivated to take action when he discovered that Hooper was systematically sealing all the windows, over and over again. He took a short vacation and took his time to train Lizzie to watch Hooper and stop him when he would try and seal the windows.
Upon returning home, Lizzie began to tug at Hooper’s ankles whenever he would begin his odd nocturnal activity. This continued until one night Hooper packed his things and moved out abruptly in the middle of the night.
When talking to his neighbor shortly after this, Glenn explained that he wasn’t very surprised. The neighbor asked why that was and as Glenn reached down to stroke Lizzie’s fur, he thoughtfully muttered: “Well how long do you reckon that YOU could put up with such a caulk-blocking bitch?”
Groan. In a good way!