Winifred
knows
who's
trustwor
thy
and
who's
not.
And
once
she
has
you
pegged…
good
luck
convincing
her
otherwise.
A
Walk
on
the
Wild
Side
After
a
yummy
lunch
at
one
of
Carmel's
pooch-preferred
restaurants,
Winnie
takes
me
on
an
afternoon
walkabout.
We
park
at
an
intersection
on
Carmel
Point.
I
explain
why
we
ought
to
go
this
direction,
not
that,
and
tug
her
leash.
She
balks,
paws
super-
glued
to
pavement.
Winifred
has
made
up
her
mind.
And
mine.
Her
look
says,
Whose
walk
is
this
anyway?
How
could
I
forget.
But
a
lot
of
folks
do
forget.
They're
out
for
a
walk
glued
to
their
sm
artphone,
texting,
twitter-
ing,
and
have
no
clue
what
is
going
on
with
the
dog
waiting
patiently
at
their
side.
Pay
attention
people!
Your
pooch
is
showing
you
how
to
inhale
the
sights,
sounds
and
smells
of
life
in
the
slow
lane.
Walter
Hagen,
a
golfer
back
in
the
1920s
who
enjoyed
life
to
the
fullest,
famously
said:
WINIFRED'S LESSON FOR A DAY WELL LIVED
Your pooch knows which dogs to party with, and which humans
ought to be leashed, and/or muzzled. ought to be leashed, and/or muzzled.
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