Canine Encounters

[ndrosen]

As I was walking home from the farmers' market earlier today, I spotted a couple at an outdoor table with a pair of dogs more or less beneath the man's chair: there was small dog whose breed I didn't recognize, and a beagle. I stopped and tried to make friends, but the beagle barked at me loudly. I assured her that I had petted plenty of beagles, but she wasn't persuaded of my good intentions.

A little later, I met an older man walking a schnauzer; the dog jumped up and enthusiastically schnauzed me, nibbling lightly on my hand.