Trekker met up with his good friend and neighbor, Bella, yesterday after not seeing each other for a month. In one month Bella, a chocolate lab pup, had grown and grown. She went from a puppy slightly larger than Trekker to 50 lbs and full of adolescent exuberance. She just pranced with energy. Trekker didn’t like the mauling she tried to give him bit and headed straight for the protection between my legs. When she didn’t settle he was ready to go. I’m sure if he could talk he’d tell me not to schedule any play dates until Bella grows up a little and learns to play nicely with others.
Then there’s our other neighbor’s dog. Trekker just isn’t sure what to do with Murphy, the golden retriever, we share a fence line with. Should they be friends or should he take his lead from big brother, Shiloh? When Murphy is let outside the first place he goes is to the fence to bark for Shiloh to come out and play. No matter where Shiloh is in our house he comes running to get out with Murphy. He’ll cry until we open slider. When outside the two run the fence line and Trekker trails a safe distance behind. They’d look like best friends to a visitor’s eye. But if the visitor would watch a little longer, he’d see the two dogs sneer at each other and leave their calling card on the fence that separates them. The two have a love-hate relationship. Unfortunately, if the dogs get loose in the front yard with no fence to separate them, they fight. The real oddity is both dogs get along wonderfully with other dogs, just not each other.
These relationships leave Trekker confused. Is Murphy friend or foe? Will Bella return as a good friend? Should he check out the other dogs in the neighborhood?
Then there’s our other neighbor’s dog. Trekker just isn’t sure what to do with Murphy, the golden retriever, we share a fence line with. Should they be friends or should he take his lead from big brother, Shiloh? When Murphy is let outside the first place he goes is to the fence to bark for Shiloh to come out and play. No matter where Shiloh is in our house he comes running to get out with Murphy. He’ll cry until we open slider. When outside the two run the fence line and Trekker trails a safe distance behind. They’d look like best friends to a visitor’s eye. But if the visitor would watch a little longer, he’d see the two dogs sneer at each other and leave their calling card on the fence that separates them. The two have a love-hate relationship. Unfortunately, if the dogs get loose in the front yard with no fence to separate them, they fight. The real oddity is both dogs get along wonderfully with other dogs, just not each other.
These relationships leave Trekker confused. Is Murphy friend or foe? Will Bella return as a good friend? Should he check out the other dogs in the neighborhood?
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You took a neat picture for this post. Shiloh seems to teach Trekker so many things.
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