I was in my mid-twenties and in graduate school. On a breezy spring morning, my dog, Lucy, and I were out for our usual morning walk when we came across a white, plastic bag caught on some vines and billowing in the wind. Instantly, Lucy went on alert. Her ears perked up, her nose twitched in the breeze, and she focused intently on this foreign object. When the bag began to rustle in the breeze, the hair on Lucy’s back stood up and she began barking. I attempted to keep walki