Stepped aside for a giant of a dog, lumbering down a path with the stop-motion of age. Rather than walk past he just stopped at my legs and rested against them. I braced myself: an oil rig against a storm that wanted its ears scratched.
His owner sighed fondly. “Ahhh”, he’s having a lean”
Montana dude ranch. Bus drop off roadside. As I walked up the long dusty driveway a rottweiler barrelled towards me. I stopped, briefly terrified, until he plonked his bottom on my feet and leaned his whole weight against my legs. 'Are you babyin' muh dawg?' asked a cowboy. Great start to a holiday