Natty's Secret Dog

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Ben Hamm

Storytelling, Personal Journals, Story, Podcast, Stories, True, Society & Culture

4.4 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Natty's Secret Dog is a story that's as much about Natty opening her heart to a dog in need of a home as it is about the love she had for her ailing mom. What happens to mom and how that lead to her secret being revealed, is Natty's secret.

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0:00.0	Hi, Ben. My name is Natty, and I had a secret dog my husband had no idea about.
0:06.1	It's a story of how a beautiful but flawed dog came into my life and how we both helped each other.
0:12.0	Today, the Secret Room presents Natty's Secret Dog. I was disappointed in how they would treat her
0:29.1	because it was pretty much every time, you know, whenever they came over.
0:32.9	Yeah.
0:33.3	It wasn't often, but golly, this dog didn't deserve that.
0:43.5	Hey, everyone, and welcome to The Secret Room.
0:45.4	I'm Benham.
0:46.5	Natty had a dog for eight months and did not tell her husband.
0:50.1	It's both a sad and happy story,
0:52.5	and it's as much about Natty opening her heart to a dog
0:55.0	that needed a home as it is about the love she had for her ailing mom. What happens to
1:00.2	mom and how it led to Natty's secret being discovered is what Natty's here to reveal today. Let's get
1:06.6	started. Hi, Natty, and welcome to the secret room. Hi, Ben. It is great to have me here. Thank you so much
1:15.8	for sharing your story. Thanks for having me on. You're welcome. I love dogs, by the way. I've been
1:22.9	lucky to have some really lovely ones in my life. You're a dog lover too, huh? Oh, my goodness. Yes.
1:30.4	But your secret is not just a story about dogs, is it? It's also a story about how you became a
1:36.1	caregiver to your mom. Yes. So you and your mom, as I understand it, live in different areas. Can you
1:42.7	tell me where you live and where she
1:44.2	lives? I live in Georgia on the west side of Atlanta in a town called Douglasville. And your mom?
1:53.6	My hometown is Finley, Ohio. So it's about 45 minutes south of Toledo. That's a pretty good drive, right?
2:00.2	It's over 650 plus miles. So nine to 10 hours,
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