My dog Sam's ears go down and she looks bereft anytime she sees me fooling with the camper shell on the pick-up truck. (Where I keep my bike.) And if I'm in cycling gear, she looks downright downcast. 90% of the time that means Mom is going off without her!

On the upside, our next door neighbor rarely goes away from his house (lousy knees), so he and Sam have "play dates," LOL, to watch sports together! :-)

Sam is also so well-behaved that he can let her out of my front door after I'm gone and she'll just plop in her cushy bed and hang out quietly, waiting for me to come home, even it that's three or four hours later. The neighbor can see her and our whole front yard from his sunroom. He says she naps, chews on a bone, gives squirrels the evil eye, and patiently watches for me. I love pulling up and seeing her head fly up and tail start wagging the second she sees the truck!