Yellow Dog
... He waggle-dances in the grass when he sees her ... a one-minute story
This yellow dog has waited for her at the side of the road every afternoon for the last four years. He jumps up when the school bus comes around the corner. His tail waves joyous, he waggle-dances in the grass when he sees her.
Tonight he’s sitting next to her bed, as he does every night, his long snout resting on the quilt near her hand. He keeps watch until she falls asleep, then he circles three times on the little ragged rug and curls up until morning.
For the girl, this yellow dog is a playmate.
But for the dog, she is the absolute center of the universe.
I've never owned a dog but this captures so perfectly what I see when I see the adoration in a dog's eyes for its human.
You wrote that like someone who understands both sides of that loving "coin."