The Dogs Have a Life of Their Own
The other day, I was reading the Boston Sunday Globe when I came across an article about a hotel guest kept awake by a barking dog.
“Barking mad: Loud dogs, sleepless hotel nights…”
It made me smile.
Because, as a visitor to the US, I’ve noticed something else:
There seem to be a lot of dogs here.
And an awful lot of people walking them. 😄
From where we are staying, I see people walking their dogs almost every day.
One dog.
Two dogs.
Sometimes several. 😄
And sometimes I wonder:
Are people walking their dogs, or are dogs simply very good at getting people out for a walk?
Then I saw this.
A dog that needed wheels to get around… but was still out enjoying its walk.
That somehow said a lot about what dogs mean to their people.
And then I remembered a quote often attributed to Bill Murray:
“I’m suspicious of people who don’t like dogs, but I trust a dog when it doesn’t like a person.” 😄
Perhaps that’s why dogs seem to have become such an important part of everyday life here.
They don’t just get walked.
They get trusted. They get included. They get cared for.
And, judging by some of the dogs I’ve watched…
they may even decide where the humans are going. 😄
So perhaps the real question isn’t:
Who is walking whom?
Maybe it’s:
Who is really in charge? 😄
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