Puppy Love

When we first got to my parents house, we had a problem. My girls had eventually gotten used to my mom's dog, but with my sister's family there, they have two medium sized dogs, too. S had a screaming fit when they came up to investigate the new people in the house. For the first two or three hours, both L and S didn't want anything to do with the dogs.

Then I caught L skirting her way around Lady. Lady's a 13 yr old dalmation/german shepherd mix, and she's really a sweet dog. She has gotten old, and that makes her the perfect dog for L. I explained to L that Lady was old, and she was a very nice dog. L dared approach and hold her hand out. Lady didn't make any quick movements at all, simply smelling L's hand and letting her pet her head. From that moment on, L stopped running away from the dogs.

S took a little more time, but here she is the next morning holding her hand out to Lady.

By the end of the day, both girls were smitten. Here they are giving a little too much love to Liberty.