Still a Hero

A couple weeks back Wags and I were walking on the beach....
I say "walking" but it is more of an aimless wandering involving multiple longish periods of just standing around.

Anyway, on this particular day there was a young Asian family taking in some sun at beach access #16. They had a toddler who was very unhappy.... screaming and kicking his feet and nothing the parents tried would placate him.

I had plenty of time to observe this while Wags was not moving, and I was even probably guilty of thinking to myself that this was not such a great place to be stuck with the immovable object that Wags can become. But eventually my old puppy wakes up again, lurching himself directly at the child and his mother. Since he is pretty much totally deaf, I don't think he was attracted to the noise -- the screaming baby was not even on his radar.

But boy oh boy was he on that baby's radar. That kid focused in on Wags and the tantrum came to a dead halt. No more crying, no more flailing -- just young child and old dog eyeball to eyeball. First the kid is merely astonished. Then comes utter delight. The mother flashes me the warmest of smiles --

"Bow Wow! Bow Wow!"

We all laugh and chant along...

Bow Wow! Bow Wow!