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Strange times we\u2019re living through today. Even for our pets \u2014 although I daresay they are finding the stay at home orders much more congenial than the rest of us.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s no question that dogs \u2014 and other pets, too \u2014 are reveling in all the contact and attention suddenly coming their way as kids and adults stay home. Aside from school and work, even leisure activities like organized sports, clubs, eating out, travel are suddenly forbidden, and we are thrown on our much closer to home resources: each other, and such entertainment as we can find electronically \u2014 or in such retro pastimes as card and board games, and daily walks with our dogs.<\/p>\n
Last Saturday, after listening to Governor Polis\u2019s sensible speech, I decided to put on my homemade mask and take my two dogs out for a leash walk around the neighborhood. I usually prefer to drive a few miles to places where I can enjoy solitude and they can explore safely off leash. But persuaded by the case Polis made for not taking our germs far afield, I leashed up Rascal and Skipper and off we went.<\/p>\n
It was a revelation to me how obviously they considered this very ordinary walk to be a great new adventure. Scents and sights and sounds of our own neighborhood were so novel and exciting, and I, too, found interesting new things along the sidewalks that normally go by unnoticed at car speed: all the little signs of spring\u2019s welcome renewal. Imagine how different the new reality would feel if it were November now instead of April.<\/p>\n
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