2 dogs, One Handler

This was sent to me by a friend, a dog I spent time with up in the Dakotas last spring.

What's going on here is that this handler is taking a break with his dog, the shepherd on the left, and a stray, the long-coated white dog on the right, who they happened to meet.

Look at their eyes, all 3 of them. The white stray is desperate for the touch, the connection. Look at the shepherd's eyes. He knows what she is feeling. He empathizes.

My friend is the shepherd. He is currently in human phase and working as a lawyer somewhere in Indiana. Can't say where exactly.

The handler didn't make it. My friend still mourns him. Hard.