Dog Lover

I VERY needed to get out of the house this morning. I decided to treat the dog and me to a 5 mile walk in peace.
I stopped halfway at some railways lines, they have a steam engine event there going on. I stood on the edges watching a bit, wonderring whether worth taking a photo. A man who worked there was standing nearby, and he edged a bit closer. Just as I thought that I was going to have to make polite conversation (wasn't in the mood for it..), he bent down and started giving Arthur cuddles and love and chatting so quietly and tenderly to him. It was very touching. I took a quick shot.
We chatted a while, he'd recently lost the last one of his two dalmations.