Dog Park

Tuesday at the dog park. Enrichment, air. Grass. My dog has been acting weird in the house. staring at me a lot. hard to know what's going on. Complex animal.

he runs to the fence and barks at a passing doodle. Good, establishing jurisdiction maybe?

I see him. My nemesis. Damn.

park bench, cool sunglasses. DAMN. dog calmly sitting. Is it his? I'm not worried. My dog is kind of a systems thinker.

Nemesis says "stay" and the dog stays. Ok. my dog appears to be eating mulch. Damnit.

I say his name, doggo ignores me. I say it again, firmly. Again, louder. Nemesis hears me, spots me. DAMNIT. Nemesis nods. He looks very cool.

nemesis throws the ball, dog waits. he says "ok" and dog gets it. Directly to his hand.

ok man. don't panic.

My dog is in a hole with another dog licking dirt. Electrolytes? Another ball rolls past, my dog steals it.

I chase doggo. Cardio. We're both fast. Others probably notice this. I get the ball, give back to kid. Big apologies from me. Kid is understanding, handles it well.

Nemesis takes out collapsible water bowl. What the hell. why didn't I think of that? I look at my LaCroix. Probably fine?

Doggo sniffs can, knocks it over. Not a fan of pamplemousse, discerning palate.

nemesis is near now. He looks. "They humble us." What the hell is that supposed to mean? I smile and keep it cool. "Yes, for sure."

I'm not humbled at all. Snap on leash, ready to go. Doggo is not pulling leash. What.

We make clean exit, nemesis sees us. Cool toothpick falls out of his mouth.

I look back "good seeing you"

"yeah man, always"