“Skipping like a calf loosed from its stall.” This is Josh Garrel’s wording of Malachi 4:2 in his amazing song “Farther Along.” Check it out.

I just finished dog sitting for friend. It took a little while for sweet Bella to get completely comfortable with me. Over the nearly two weeks we did finally get to the sleeping on the bed stage, intermittently at least.

From the very first, though, Bella was not shy about expressing her delight about going outside. Sitting in the hallway she would cock her head to see if I would pick up the key to the front door. And then as I walked toward where the leash was hung in the hallway, she positively gamboled, twirled, and, yes, leapt like a calf released from her stall. It was a delightful

I am not sure about all the reasons for the eagerness of a dog to go on a walk. It seems part of it is their equivalent of catching up with their social media accounts in all of the scents along their way.