Other Dogs

I am aware that I am a dog. I know I'm not a human. But I would say I have many human qualities, like observation.

Every morning when I take Eddie for a walk, I notice several dogs (and CATS!) along the way. I have named them all according to one thing or another.

When we first exit the house, we turn and walk a little. The first dog comes at the end of the block, and he is across the...what is it called...I think it's "street". Anyway, I know him as Hi, because when we pass, he barks once and that's it. He's just saying hi.

Then, when we get to the edge of the next block, that's when things get interesting. Across the "street" again is "Mad" a very small dog with a serious attitude, and he always brings his lady out with him, and he just piddles in front of their living place. Sometimes we see him, sometimes we don't. I try to pull Eddie over to see them, but I don't know that he's very smart or brave, because he just stays on a straight path and he's too heavy for me to pull where I want him to go.

Right after that is Crazy. I used to not understand "fences" until I met Crazy. It is a small white dog, and it broke out of its fence, and attacked me and Kristen (my other human) and then did it again to me and Eddie. I think that maybe she is just getting used to a new living place.

Then comes TWO CATS!! JUST TYPING ABOUT THEM MAKES ME EXCITED!! I WANT TO CHASE THEM!! I THINK CATS DESERVED TO BE CHASED, BECAUSE IF I DIDN'T CHASE THEM, WHAT WOULD THEY DO ALL DAY? SIT AROUND?

As we approach the edge of the next block, sometimes I see a dog that I think looks a lot like me, so I named him Twin. I see him walk past our house about 10 times a day. He must need to get his human a lot of exercise.

Then, as we turn again, there's Pretty. Pretty is a white dog, and I like her. I cry when I pass her because I want her to know I think she's pretty.

Then comes Doofus. Doofus is a big dog with a fence right next to the area we walk. Doofus always wants to show how tough he is, so he barks and runs along the fence and irritates me. It stresses me out, and I just lose my mind for a few seconds.

Right after Doofus on the next corner is Wow. A small very puffy dog. When it barks (as it does a lot) it sounds like "wow." Wow wow wow...wow wow wow...wow wow wow.

Then there's a dog named Dark who doesn't seem to need walking a human. He just walks around outside and poops and pees where he wants, and nobody picks it up. Eddie picks up my poop. I don't know why...is he saving it?

Then we come home. I hear some other dogs near us, so I just bark in the backyard when I hear them. It's nice to have neighbors.