There are times when Bear does things that are so like Karl that I just stop breathing, literally losing my breath.

It is an odd reaction so sudden and overpowering.

It has just been in the last two weeks that Bear has taken to lying down in the yard after we’ve walked or played.

Just relaxing, watching, sniffing without needing to be always on the move in the woods.

And today, he found Karl’s favorite overlook: the spot behind and to the south of the house – the spot that looks over the game trail and to the road. My chair is not far away. In the house, from the sunroom where my office is, or the kitchen, I could see Karl and now Bear.

Beardog sweet spot.