Friday, July 13, 2012

Susan & the Pack: Watch 'Em!

We had a litter of puppies 5 years ago and kept a bitch and a dog. You have already heard the story of Lily and her therapy work at the local hospital.

Well, she has a sibling, Phoenix, who is a bundle of energy and just full of himself (sound familiar to any of you?) Early on, he was trained with the 'watch 'em', whenever we met anyone walking on the sidewalk or coming at us for whatever reason. It was more a focus exercise than anything.

Fast forward to the present on hikes in the woods. Whenever we run across another hiker, he comes to me, sits on my left side and 'watches 'em'. This is all done on his own, without a word from me. I dunno what it means, but being a human, I'd like to think he is watching out for his mistress and letting that other individual know he is 'watching 'em'. Gives me a warm fuzzy feeling all over.

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