The 40+ chica???
I guy a brought did that a decade ago, retired CPD, wife died a year earlier, hooked up with an older dog first day at the DR, and stayed with her in the gulch for a week. Stuck me with the fishing boat reservations, beach hotel, rent a car, all the plans, I didn't care, close friend, he had fun, but never understood it.
I see guys walking out with dogs and I always think back to that time.