Every evening at around 7 PM, Jay Jay will cozy up to me. Wherever I go in the house, he will follow me and make straight eye contact. Over time, I have realized that this means he wants to go to the downtown Alpharetta bars. All I have to do is say “Let’s go”. He immediately runs to the door downstairs and short of putting the leash on himself, he is ready to march out.

When Sharmila is not around, he will wait for me to close the garage door or lock the front door and then off he will go to his regular routine of putting his markers every few yards till we get to downtown and settle somewhere where he can look at all passersby.

When Sharmila is around, he goes thru a completely different behavior. As I have written before, he will not leave her behind at home under any circumstances. He will stay put till she comes out.

As you see here, I had closed the garage door to see if he would remember in his excitement of going for the walk. He remembered alright. Within two feet of stepping out, he realized that she was not with us. Without any hesitation, he promptly turned around, put his backside down on the driveway and kept staring at the blank garage door for her to come out. No amount of pulling on his leash would convince him.

When she finally opened the garage door, you can see how he trained his neck below and started peeking thru the gap to see if it was indeed she who was emerging.

Moment he saw her approaching us, he turned around and started cavorting to the trail with that quizzical look on his face like “what is taking you guys so long?”