Sheepdog's Summer Leap

“A shaggy old sheepdog launching himself off a dock into a sunlit lake to retrieve a stick, his ears flying upward, four paws splayed in mid-air, eyes locked on the floating stick below, a boy on the dock doubled over laughing, the dog's reflection rising to meet him in the still water beneath, ripples already spreading from where he'll land, golden summer light exploding off the surface”