[Okay, as long as she's asking questions, she's probably not panicking, so this might be a good thread of conversation for now...]

Well, there's something in this town that seems to be able to mess with folk's minds and the ones that think we're dogs are almost permanently under that influence. They also tend to treat others like they've always lived here and nothing strange is ever going on.

Trust me, it's a pretty weird thing. The weather around here is crazy sometimes, for example. A foot of snow one day because it's still 'winter', and then the next day it was gone and dry like it never was there because now it's suppose to be 'spring.' And they act like that's how things are suppose to be around.