Does that mean they existed?
They were taken in May 2019, and I believe Heather holding her hands up in the first photo is illustrating that she dropped Chester's leash and let him walk without tether... although his leash was still attached to his collar... just in case.
I realized there are more photos of Saru the Shiba, Chester's brother, than the other dogs. Going beyond his photogenic-ness, maybe I was trying to show him some extra attention as we were all so smitten with Chester and his ability to figure out jumping logs (it took him a few moments to figure out what to do!) and the fact he didn't run away.
There's even more of Saru than my own dogs, Mister Coco + Bella Boo.
Whatever.
It was a peaceful walk with four very different dogs all at various stages of their lives, just getting to be dogs.
Thanks gang.
xo