I pulled myself together and stepped back and smiled at him and wiped my face with my hands. He looked down at my feet and saw Rocky sitting calmly next to me.
"Is this Rocky?" he asked.
"Yup. That's my baby," I chuckled.
Butch squatted down and let Rocky sniff him and then he pet him and scratched his ears. When he scratched under Rocky's collar, Rocky leaned his head into his hands and nearly tipped over. Butch chuckled and asked him excitedly, "You wanna meet Duke? Huh, boy?"
Butch opened the gate and unclipped the leash from Rocky's collar. Rocky ran inside and he and Duke sniffed each other thoroughly and then proceeded to chase each other. They jumped all over each other and rolled around in the grass, then chased each other some more.
"What are you doing here?" Butch asked me a
