Three Dogs on a Walk
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Pets, Pets, Pets
By Winter D. Prosapio

Why does watching a dog be a dog fill one with happiness?
~Jonathan Safran Foer

We are grand-dog sitting, and, let me tell you, there’s a world of difference when you go from walking two dogs to walking three. At this point, you might as well throw in five more dogs and a circus clown because I’m pretty sure the results are going to be the same.

Part of the issue is the wildly different nature of our dogs. There’s Klyde, the visiting Chihuahua, who is so citified at this point that he refuses to walk on grass at all. He also inexplicably walks on the other side of every mailbox and is completely flummoxed about how to get back around it. He stands there pulling on his leash as if the cord will neatly slice through the metal pole. (Keep reading)