I'd offer some advice but...it seems like your doing everything right from what I read. Including the interaction about the dog, except...maybe go in with the understanding that logic plays no part in the MLCer. So asking about it...pointless.
So looking for it is sort of like looking for gold in your cereal box. Its "possible" that somehow in some way gold got in there, but its highly unlikely.
Also I never trusted any random out of the blue message either. I also discovered that trying to figure them out was sort of pointless.
Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn. - C.S. Lewis
Life is usually all about how you handle Plan B. - Jack3Beans
Listen without defending; Speak without offending - FaithinAK
