More Dogs

I was heading over to the AP in the park and saw a woman walking these two medium-sized dogs, so I hopped off my bike and talked to her for fifteen or so minutes while I was loving on the dogs, whose names I forget, but they are both different words for rock. One was magnetic rock and the other was jewelry rock.
I really think it's conversations like these that will help my Japanese more than anything. I'm getting more sincere comments now, too. Normally, you just get 「日本語上手!」 ("Your Japanese is good!"), but I got one long enough that I can't remember it now. It was less canned, and so it felt much more sincere. I know that's just me being American, but it was nice.