Free of the Leash
Sunday, October 12th, 2008
The dogs are chasing something along the fenceline that they can’t leave alone, a terrible way to spend one of the last warm autumn afternoons. Their barking has set off the dog across the street, Bodie, a hunting dog that spends most of his waking hours inside a small cage built beneath his owners’ elevated deck.
When they let him out, it’s usually late in the evening, well after dark, and his master plays fetch with him in the halo of porch light. He’s an exhuberant dog and surprisingly gentle for animal that is caged so often. He fetches whatever his owner throws and brings it back on the trot to the man’s hand. (more…)
