when i tell you that i just cried like a crybaby at the lesser dog encounter, i am not kidding. that hit me HARD
If you still need help finding it! It’s after you get to waterfall. You have to explore off the path and touch all the flowers. Then I think you should get a choice to explore farther. You should get a Grillby encounter and then after that if you keep explore and DONT LEAVE WATERFALL you should get the Lesser Dog encounter. Hope this was helpful!