Bare-chested, Tattooed man with his Sled Dog

Today walking down Social Street with Romeo I saw a bare-chested, tattooed man with his sled dog walking in the Social Street schoolyard.  A few years ago the vacant brick school house was converted to apartments where this man lives. I watched as he led the dog up onto a flat-topped gray retaining wall. What is he doing, I wondered. When the dog was at waist height to the man, he sat down. The dog seemed to know the drill. The man began brushing the dog with a red brush and huge clumps of white fluff were released into the air. The dog turned towards us watching Romeo and I walking by. He didn't bark. A good boy.