Tuesday, August 07, 2007
A new playmate

No I'm not talking about the ladies in the magazine.

My humans' cousin stopped over for a visit and her little puppy tagged along. His name is Smokey. He's a Terrier and Spaniel mix. A tiny little thing, I doubt he'll be 20 pounds when fully grown. He's a very cute but rather nervous little fella. I think my size might have been a bit intimidating at first but he did eventually warm up me.

I would have liked to run and chase him around the yard but every time I tried he'd run back to the humans and hide from me. A few minutes later as he worked up some courage he'd come back over to me and we'd play a bit more. As long as I stayed down low he wasn't as skittish.

At one point he became so comfortable he jumped up at my face. Now while I enjoy playing with little dogs the jumping in my face is something I don't care for. With a swift yet gentle wave of my paw I pushed him to the ground and held him there for a moment. I couldn't let the little guy forget who's in charge around here.

During the little play date my human did the unspeakable. That's right; she gave him some of my treats! Naturally I did my best to keep my face between her hand and his mouth to intercept any treats gone astray. My human was not impressed with this and for a time I was forced to sit out back and watch from the window as he was given my goodies.

Naturally she wasn't giving the treats away without just cause. He did learn the "Down" and "Come" commands while my human worked with him. He also tended to jump on people in his excitement; that behavior didn't last long in my humans' house.

I tried to show him a few other tricks like Play Dead and Spin but he lacks any degree of an attention span. Puppies *huff*..

I have a feeling I'll be seeing a lot more of him in the future. His human seems to think my human knows how to train dogs. *laugh*.

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