I always knew where to find Amos, my dog. Down the street with the neighbors Marc and Alice, getting spoiled with barbecue and other goodies. They were happy to mind him whenever I went away. They were delighted to adopt him when it became necessary to find him a new home. By then they had retired and moved away. Amos rode cross country to live happily ever after with his old friends.
I visited them about a year later. As I approached I saw Amos standing in the front yard facing me, tail wagging. It was a great reunion. I figured they had put him out front to greet me as I walked up from the nearby bus stop.
No, they said, they did not put him out front. As dogs do, Amos had 'asked' to go out the front door, about two hours before I arrived. He had never been in the front yard.
Never before had he asked to go out that door. They rarely used it. He was only let out to the safer shady larger wooded back yard, or in the car, via the back entrance and garage.
That was a long time ago. I was reminded of it recently by seeing the study on dogs knowing their masters are coming home. I still wonder if Amos somehow had a clue I was coming to visit.
They said he went directly to the corner of the front yard by the driveway, mostly sitting there until I arrived. Their take was that it was as if he knew I was coming. What's yours?
I visited them about a year later. As I approached I saw Amos standing in the front yard facing me, tail wagging. It was a great reunion. I figured they had put him out front to greet me as I walked up from the nearby bus stop.
No, they said, they did not put him out front. As dogs do, Amos had 'asked' to go out the front door, about two hours before I arrived. He had never been in the front yard.
Never before had he asked to go out that door. They rarely used it. He was only let out to the safer shady larger wooded back yard, or in the car, via the back entrance and garage.
That was a long time ago. I was reminded of it recently by seeing the study on dogs knowing their masters are coming home. I still wonder if Amos somehow had a clue I was coming to visit.
They said he went directly to the corner of the front yard by the driveway, mostly sitting there until I arrived. Their take was that it was as if he knew I was coming. What's yours?
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