Somewhere within the last few weeks, I read a description of a dog’s-eye (or rather, -nose) view of the world. It went something like this: As a dog crosses the living room, it is reading the Doggy Daily News.
Pretty funny.
But since I’ve now had a few months’ practice walking a very olfactorily-oriented dog up and down the street, and around the yard, I think I’ve got to sharpen the analogy a little.
Here’s the way these walks go:
- Trot out front door.
- Sniff exploratorily at front porch.
- Canter briskly up the sidewalk or, if the mood strikes you, detour across the shortcut to the driveway.
- Trot up the driveway to the street.
- Stop. Sniff the air. Look left, look right, turn around so as to look over your shoulder, turn around again.
- Toss a doggy coin and face left or right, accordingly.
- Apply nose to ground.
- Go.
