I’m not sure if “Dogs her age remind me of dear.” is a deliberate sentence or if you missed a word, but I found it a powerful contribution to your piece.

Thank you!

Yeah I like it, but Sanglorian is right there. Either a word is missing, or the ‘d’ in ‘dear’ should be capitalized (if it is a name) or the ‘a’ should be changed to an ‘e’. The description is great and I can visualize exactly what is going on. The only other place I can offer constructive criticism is on the last paragraph that begins with “I use my body weight-” I think saying “I pulled, using my body’s weight to reel in the heavy rope-” or something. Just mho.