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My son came in the living room a few nights ago and announced: "You are going to get mad at me." I did not know whether to smile or get paranoid. I chose to smile and say "What is it son?"
It turned out that when he was bringing groceries in the house our neighbors dog Harley decided to come in with him. Harley is a full grown Boxer. A huge dog that scared the heck out of me when I first saw him. I did not stay scared long because in the next instant after seeing him I saw Dolly standing there looking up at him admiringly. Dolly does not take to just any dog that comes wandering in the yard. She's actually a pretty good judge of other dogs characters.
I had to laugh when I saw Harley standing there. That caused Dolly to come investigate. Her reaction was the opposite to mine. In the world according to Dolly, Harley is to be outside not inside. She started raising cain but it was only halfhearted. It was like she was saying "Out!" "Out!" "You know the rules." "Out."" You belong outside. out!"
Harley always acts like a gentleman. He immediately headed for the back door. He even managed to do it without knocking anything over. After he was gone Dolly was like " Well....he did not have to obey me that quickly." " I now wish that he could have stayed awhile."
Dolly likes Harley. Harley likes her and adapts to whichever mood she happens to be in. Most importantly he plays gently with her. Sometimes the big dogs get really rough with her when they play. Dolly hates that. There have been dogs in the past that insist on rough play. She will immediately find a spot where she puts their size at a disadvantage. Her favorite spot is underneath the engine of our Ford Windstar which sets very close to the ground. The biggest dogs don't even try to go under there. The smaller ones do but find that the playing field has been leveled. They can't use their size to knock her down and she is far more maneuverable under the van than they are.
It turned out that when he was bringing groceries in the house our neighbors dog Harley decided to come in with him. Harley is a full grown Boxer. A huge dog that scared the heck out of me when I first saw him. I did not stay scared long because in the next instant after seeing him I saw Dolly standing there looking up at him admiringly. Dolly does not take to just any dog that comes wandering in the yard. She's actually a pretty good judge of other dogs characters.
I had to laugh when I saw Harley standing there. That caused Dolly to come investigate. Her reaction was the opposite to mine. In the world according to Dolly, Harley is to be outside not inside. She started raising cain but it was only halfhearted. It was like she was saying "Out!" "Out!" "You know the rules." "Out."" You belong outside. out!"
Harley always acts like a gentleman. He immediately headed for the back door. He even managed to do it without knocking anything over. After he was gone Dolly was like " Well....he did not have to obey me that quickly." " I now wish that he could have stayed awhile."
Dolly likes Harley. Harley likes her and adapts to whichever mood she happens to be in. Most importantly he plays gently with her. Sometimes the big dogs get really rough with her when they play. Dolly hates that. There have been dogs in the past that insist on rough play. She will immediately find a spot where she puts their size at a disadvantage. Her favorite spot is underneath the engine of our Ford Windstar which sets very close to the ground. The biggest dogs don't even try to go under there. The smaller ones do but find that the playing field has been leveled. They can't use their size to knock her down and she is far more maneuverable under the van than they are.
