Every day when I get home I take the dog out with me to get the mail. It's not a long walk, just down the driveway, but it gives her a chance to check her pee mail. I watch her sniff from spot to spot, figuring out who was there by her mailbox, who stopped by to pee a bit just to say hi. She of course pees there to let them know she got their mail. It's all very efficient, not quite as efficient as e-mail, but close.

Then today we went down to check the mail and a dog had left a big crap next to it. I looked at her, and she looked at me, both of us irritated. My irritation was at this dog's owner, who didn't have the decency to clean up after their dog. That's virtually unheard of in our neighborhood. I stared at the dog and she stared back. "So who did you piss off?" I asked. She didn't say anything, she just peed near the pile of crap.

I wonder what her pee-mail said.