Three miles in, we saw her. A scruffy, ribs-showing dog with wary eyes and a tail that almost wagged. She didn’t run away, but she didn’t come close either. Just followed us at a cautious distance. Step for step.
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And that is better than any leash I could ever hold. Three miles in, we saw her