We walked in the cemetery this afternoon, a new experience for Fate. It is touching to see the statues and representations of the dogs people loved before they died, Fate was astonished to see this ceramic Cocker Spaniel keeping her late human company. Fate went into a herding crouch, and growled softly as she approached carefully. But then, a connection was made, Fate wagged her tail, gave the spirit dog a lick, moved on.

A beautiful and poignant encounter in so many ways.