Before (and during) my life with dogs, I’ve also been an actor, a stage actor. Over the decades, I’ve been fortunate to experience the thrill of connection, that split-second fire, a mutual exchange of meaning. You reach out to the audience with your intention, or to your colleague across the stage, and you feel it land on them. Then they change, right there in front of you. Then in return they reach back and change you. It’s magic. It’s like love, almost. I suspect this is