My dogs get their own visitors

Most dog people I encounter on walks learn and memorize my dogs' names long before mine. I'm "Dexter's Mom" or "the lady with spotty dogs," depending on how you tend to encounter me. I've had people call across a four lane road, "Where's your dog?!" As if I'm not supposed to leave my house without something furry in tow.

Despite these experiences I was still surprised when people began coming to my house to visit my dogs. From adults to children, Dexter and Fig's friends (fans?) invite themselves over for a visit: with my dogs. People politely ask to setup play dates with my dogs. And the dogs? Well, they think it's grand.


Here Figlet gets a hug from a friend.