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Big Dog, Small Dog
Aug 11, 2021 Insights on Life

Big Dog, Small Dog

I once observed a man walking a big Rottweiler dog on a sidewalk. As he passed along the fence of the front yard of a home, a small dog came running up from the front door of the home to the fence barking. This little furball threw its front paws on the chain-link fence that separated it from the Rottweiler and the man. The owner of the Rottweiler turned his head and looked down in the direction ...

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