Ron and Doug

Doug meets our mailman Ron at the front gate almost every day.  He (Doug) growls low with an "AAroooroooroo" sound and makes quite a show with his prancing before landing two paws on the gate and licking Ron's face.  When I watch them from the kitchen it feels as if I'm witnessing a special relationship that I'll never quite understand.   Doug is a fair-weather friend (the word literally fits here)...if it is wet or raining, he will not trot out to the fence...he just barks hello from the covered porch.  City dog.