Gentle Doesn’t Mean Silent: A Big Dog Teaches a Boy Boundaries

and watched me walk, sit, stay, take food gently from a palm.

I did everything right.

Because I am everything right.

But I also noticed how Sarah behaved during it.

She didn’t apologize for me.

She didn’t make jokes to soften the room.

She didn’t do that human thing where they try to shrink themselves so no one is mad.

She stood tall.

And Leo watched.

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