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Just the Dog and Me

I’m outside in the middle of the night again, just the dog and me. The whole neighborhood’s asleep. Cooper’s sniffing every blade of grass, checking the perimeter of the yard. Just the kind of thing that drives Marcia nuts. But I can be patient. I can be patient with his mini mission to protect and defend, because the longer I watch him the more I understand his logic.

He’s all tail and nose, tugging the leash this way and that, sending muted snorts into the night—a canine Morse code. Any minute now, the neighbor’s Beagle will probably hear us. Set the whole block singing. Cooper freezes for a moment, the leash tight between us, then before I know it he’s sending up more dirt than a landmine, and I just drop the leash and let him dig.

It’s a beautiful thing, going after what you want like that.