Dog in a Precarious Position

“Show me Your ways, O Lord;
Teach me Your paths.
Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation;
On You I wait all the day.” Psalm 25:4-5

My 14-year-old dancing beagle dog Dancer was in a precarious position. He had walked up the long ramp to the window ledge where he could carefully climb out the window as he always does to get to my large blessed New York City terrace, a rare commodity for a city apartment, but instead of making his way out onto the terrace, he per...