Dog play

I'm friends with some neighbors down the block through our dogs. Before he died, Raleigh was best buds with their feisty 35-40 lb mutt, Maddie. Maddie treated Raleigh like an older brother. She wanted to be wherever he was, do whatever he did, and sniff whatever he was sniffing. Sometimes they would get into a little spat over some stick Raleigh was teasing Maddie with, but mostly they played. Hard.

When I got Kirby, I took her over right away to see if they would get along. At first Kirby was much more interested in sniffing the yard/intimidated by Maddie's in-your-face nature, but now they get along great. Kirby gives as good as she gets, spinning in circles and dancing out of Maddie's way, only to jump up, wrap her legs around Maddie's neck, and go for the ears. They pause every few minutes to pant at each other/take a timeout before things get too heated.

I finally remembered to take a camera over on a day with good light. Here are a few:

Check out Maddie's four-legged jump straight up

Kirby tries to dodge a leg attack

Time-out

And, resume!