Well, we wanted a submissive beta dog so that our cats could cope. Birdy is certainly submissive to the cats. But is she truly a beta? This week she had a playdate with her obedience school buddy, Daisy. We met with Daisy and Linda, her owner, at the dog park.
Daisy and Birdy like each other and hit it off but Birdy, my goodness, kept topping Daisy, stepping over her back, pushing her back. She's such a wild puppy. She loved being in the dirty, dusty, enclosed Old Mill dogpark. She can run so fast. A black woodle (wheaton terrier-poodle mix) came over to play but he was too rough for her. She tried battling with him but he was able to roll her. She yipped. He growled. Was a bit too rough. What she needs is a buddy that is between these two. Someone really active and ready for rough and tumble but someone who doesn't play too hard.
But maybe I was just too protective. Hard to know what kind of playing is right if the dogs haven't been through a class together.
Speaking of school buddies, when she went for her first professional haircut last week she ran into her friend Hudson.
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I'll check the pee mail soon.