So that was that. My first time
(a dog’s initiation)
“Ah, I remember it like it was yesterday”
The old dog lowered his greying muzzle onto his forepaws, eyes unfocused and milky with cataracts. XXX The kids had far too much exploring to do to be interested in me, so I drifted along and fended for myself much of the time. I had to give it a good licking to calm things down a bit, but when I settled down, we just sat together for a while. We didn’t get to do it again for months after that first time. She pushed me upright and looked at me laughing. Then she quietened down and just sobbed into her pillow. I don’t know how, but her eyes took on a luminosity that I had
