Why did she make a big deal about me meeting her dog?

We are “just friends”; so just to cool down my feelings about the situation I have been giving her a wide birth. Any way after a mouth of minimal contact , she asked if I wanted to go hiking. I stated yes. she brought her dog, something she haven’t done whenever we have gone out. She told me she thought I like to meet her dog, so she brought her. It seamed she was interested in how the dog and I would react to each other. Why do you think she wanted to introduce the two of us?

P. S she has told me ( one while we were on a date) she would never take her dog with us. She also has sayed she has to be careful accepting jobs so she has time for the dog.

Why did she make a big deal about me meeting her dog?
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