Great story. There's something about unrequited love as displayed by the unrequited love of a dog that is energizing. It reminds me of my wife's love.
I love good dogs...unfortunately I have new neighbors who have two blue tick hound, Doberman crossed evil dogs....they aren't well trained and have taken to attacking me, my wife and my guests...they don't go home when the neighbors call them and the poor wife of the owner of these dogs chases them around my property and up and down the road trying to contain them....they howl all night long and don't respond to kindness....we were patient...calm..tried to be nice and neighborly understanding they've only been here a few weeks....they lay their ears down, bare their teeth and come at us whether in the garden, picking blackberries or just playing guitar on my deck...I finally told them I can't handle it anymore...control them or I call animal control...haven't been bothered since..it's been about 3 days now without an attack..felt really bad but I can't live in dog hell because someone loves their psychotic pets...sorry to add this but I needed to tell my dog story...hopefully people will learn what it means to have dogs off leash and at least send them to obedience school if they can't train them themselves