Our next door neighbors (we live in a townhouse, so there back door is like 15 feet from ours) have 4 big dogs, a great dane puppy (which is enormous), a black lab mix, and 2 golden labs. They are 4 college kids and are super nice. Isabelle (our mini dachsund puppy) thinks these big dogs are the greatest thing ever!
When they first moved in she totally let these dogs know she was the 'big dog on campus'. She'd bark at them a few times, til they cowered (yes.... a great dane and 3 grown labs cowered to our little tiny weiner dog), then she'd wag her tail and bark excitedly to let them know she wanted to play and they'd come over to her. Everytime she knows they're outside she wants to go out and play. And several times she's followed them back into their house to play for a bit. She has also been known to go outside and sit on their back porch and bark once and paw at their door. To which we can hear their dogs barking to go outside and play with her.
We're not worried about her, because we know the people are very nice, but obviously we don't want her to bug them. But every time we talk to them they say, "No! We love her! She's so cute and she loves playing with our dogs!" So Isabelle will go play with her friends, sometimes in the backyard, sometimes she'll go over to her friends house for a puppy playdate, and they'll let her out whenever she's done playing and wants to come home. : )
I just think it's so funny that she knows where her friends live and that she can go over to visit when she wants to play. It's pretty much like having a fourth child. LOL
I like reading your blog. You write a lot like you talk, so it feels like I'm sitting right by you and it makes me feel like I have friends. :) Thanks for the funny story.
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