Before The Manny came to be, he was just Johnnie DogWalker, you see! And every summer day he would go to the kids' house to walk their dogs and to say hey! He became friends with all the kids, and eventually the kids would join him on his dog walks and dog jaunts! One day, Michele his Manny mom needed a replacement babysitter, and John got the job! A Male Nanny of sorts, if you'd like to call it but a second family he found, up on the mountain.