Does running with the family dog count as a run together?

Rocco - My sometimes running partner

Rocco and I set out for a short 3 miler this morning around 5:30 and boy was it chilly!  We did a 1.5 mile loop down to Broadway and back twice.  My legs felt a bit heavy and I was just sluggish in general, but I'm chalking that up to the 7 miler I ran with the fam yesterday.  Even Rocco was pulling as if to say, "why are you so slow today?"  Though he wasn't as good a training partner as Becca, and his conversation skills are mediocre at best, he did still keep me moving and seemed to know when to give a quick glance my way to let me know we need to pick up the pace.

We did have one close run-in with a Ford F-350 who was "stopped" at a light but felt it necessary to creep over the crosswalk as I was going by.  Not sure if he didn't see me or if he just wanted to make sure I was awake, but it definitely got me a bit fired up.