The Joy Luck Club

There is little in the world that gives me more pleasure than watching the dogs enjoying themselves on a walk. It's hard not to miss the absolute joy they express being allowed to run and play and sniff and smile.

The paths that were cut out of the bush and trees make for perfect dog walking trails. It keeps them relatively on track, makes it easy for me to not have to fight with spider webs and branches, and lets them get their sniffies out safely.

They seem to particularly delight in accidentally losing sight of me and then using the paths as a kind of race track to catch up.

Of course, then there's Halo, who rarely extends herself to actual running unless the mood takes her and she is often content to follow her nose with single minded focus. You can always count on her to silently disappear into the brush and then to reappear as the poster child of innocence after I have made several annoyed recalls.