the music helped make it more enjoyable.
It reminded me of the time when I took our last dog, a female German shepherd now departed due to old age, on a walk to a great trail system full of trees, bushes and a lake about 20 minutes from our house. Getting to and from there was a pain due to walking roadside on the shoulder of a busy street, but it was a haven when we arrived. Off-leash for the dog. Our dog, Bella, loved it.
Anyway, on this one occasion I ducked behind some bushes when she got quite a ways ahead of me. I squatted there waiting. Had a grin on my face knowing she would be searching in earnest for me. And I waited. And I waited. After a few minutes, I stood up and looked around. No dog! I started shouting her name. No dog! So I started searching for her. After about 30 minutes, I decided to head home to inform my wife and enlist her services in trying to help find our girl.
Just as I get home, my wife was coming out the door, heading for our car.
"Oh my God, there you are! Are you okay? Is everything okay?"
I sheepishly admitted that the dog was lost.
"No she's not. She's in the house," my wife replied. "I had just got out of the shower when I heard scratching at the door and I looked out and there's Bella but no you. I was worried that something terrible had happened to you."
So the dog made her way all the way home without me, which was quite a feat. And it was a lesson to me to be careful when playing hide-and-seek with that dog!
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