The Dog
Background
The Dog is a supernatural cupid spirit. When they were nine years old, The Dog brought Jessica and Michael together.
During the events of A Golden Christmas (2009) played by Sherman
As Jessica is sleeping on the couch she hears a scratching at the door, and when she opens the door she sees dog prints. She goes outside and when she goes back inside The Dog is sitting in the living room wearing a costume. Henry sees The Dog and thinks Santa brought it for him. Michael walks to the door and Rod introduces him to Jessica and Michael tells her that The Dog belongs to him and she showed up on his doorstop one day. Neither Jessica or Michael recognize each other and Michael reveals that he is the one buying the house and Jessica's attitude changes around him and she calls him irresponsible. Jessica walks into town and turns around and sees The Dog is following her. She follows The Dog to Michael's woodworking shop and tells Michael that bears live in the area of the house and Michael tells her he is excited, because now he has a reason to build a fence. Michael is about to tell Jessica about his sentimental attachment of the area when The Dog barks at him. Jessica tells him that the house belongs to her and she is going to buy it. They argue and Jessica leaves.
Jessica is walking around the property when she hears a dog barking. She follows the barking and comes across the tree in which Michael carved Han and Leia and gave her the ornament and whispered in her ear. She looks up and sees The Dog staring at her. Henry finds her and Jessica tells him that The Dog looks just like the one from that summer. Later, Michael and Madeline go into the woods with The Dog to dig up the lunch box. Jessica apologizes to Michael for sabotaging the sale of his house and The Dog walks in between them with the lunch box and Jessica realizes that Michael is the boy from her youth. The Dog delivers an invitation to Rod and Katherine's party and Michael goes to the party with Madeline and The Dog and he brings a present for Henry. Henry and Madeline tell Jessica and Michael that The Dog seemed sick and ran away. Michael and Jessica go looking for The Dog and find her laying next to where they buried the lunchbox. Jessica realizes she is pregnant and Michael realizes Jessica is the girl from the summer. Later, The Dog gives birth to puppies and Jessica and Michael go outside and The Dog barks at them and walks back into the forest.
