if atlas is with me and i have to run inside a building that doesn’t allow dogs, i tie him up outside. when i come back, he tries really hard to get inside the building. i imagine that he wants to see where i went without him. (he is always trying to sneak inside my apartment’s leasing office before the door closes behind me.)

when we went hiking the other day, i tied atlas up outside the restrooms while i went inside. when i came back, no one was around, so i just unhooked the leash from his collar while i untied and untangled it instead of holding onto him with one hand, which is what i usually do.

when i looked up from the leash a second later, there was atlas, trotting happily past the men’s restroom and right into the women’s. he looked as pleased as punch.

oh, did i laugh. it’s a good thing no one was around. i imagine that would have been quite a shock.