At Bevagna, Italy, I was elated meeting knights in their armors and rubbing shoulders with ladies carrying their bows and arrows. Peering through the thick crowd and narrow streets, my eyes caught the same kind of excitement in a dog’s face.

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In fact, there were more than one dog with the big grin that stretched from one side of the face to the other.

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Interestingly, the same sentiment was not reflected on their bodyguards. I get it, it takes a lot of toughness to protect such an easy-going spirit from all the harms in the world. And that toughness can wear you down, if you do it a lot.

I turned around to confirm that theory on my bodyguard, only to see the amount of energy and love that he still had, after doing his job, for a dog that needed some tender touch.