Chuck:
There's no particular story to that photo of the 8th at Cruden Bay. When I lived in the UK there were many courses where dogs were welcome to walk along with their golfing masters. However, most of my photography was done early morning / late evening, when there were relatively few people OR dogs on the course. The golfer and dog at Cruden Bay happened to be an exception, so I took their picture, and it's always been one of my favorite pictures.
P.S. I'm in the airport lounge at Narita (Tokyo), so my self-imposed GCA exile is almost complete.