Sources confirmed with high confidence that, after excitedly running up to you and pawing at it, the big, cute dog you ran into while you were at the park was completely convinced that your cane was a big stick.
“Oh, hello! You like my cane?!” you asked the dog.
This was punctuated by the dog’s movement into a playful pose, indicating that he would like you to throw your cane.
Then you and the dog’s human started laughing: “Oh no, buddy, it’s not a stick. I need it to stand!”
The dog then whined a bit and jumped gently toward your midsection.
“Awwww,” you said and began to demonstrate the function of the cane by taking a few steps.
The dog gave a few conciliatory barks, proving that he understood the concept of a physically disabled human. Getting off his hind legs in order to get in a gentler position, the dog nudged your hand with his head, asking politely for pets and subsequently delighting you.
The dog’s human indicated that he was a very good boy and began looking for a suitable stick to throw.
Squeaky Wheel was thankfully able to reach the dog, a husky named Oreo, for comment:
“Look, I got the sense after a few seconds that this human had a disability,” said Oreo. “But let’s be real here for a second! That stick is a stick! It’s a stick! Oooh, I really want that stick! But I can’t have that stick! It’s the human’s stick! He needs that stick! So, I can’t have that stick! But I want that stick!”
“Stick!” Oreo added.