I've mentioned on several previous posts that Skippy has a difficult time playing or understanding the general play concept. She also hasn't had frequent opportunities to socialize with other dogs in a healthy environment, owing to her early years at the puppy mill and the reality that we know very few people with dogs. Just this past weekend we introduced Skippy to what we thought would be a new friend but it became very apparent that her inability to understand play was not limited to missing the finer points of fetch. Sydney is a black lab and something else I can't remember, but that isn't important. What is important, is that at about 6 months old, this dog towers over Skippy.
What Sydney wants most in life is to play. She tried to chase Skippy; Skippy thought she was being mean. She tried to pet Skippy; Skippy thought she was picking a fight. She tried to nose Skippy to coax her into playing; Skippy thought she was invading her personal space. Its ironic that my socially inept Jack Russell, who daily violates our cat's personal space, had no patience for this overgrown child sticking its nose in her face, trying to get her to play.
I kind of felt bad for this dog, so eager to do anything fun. Unfortunately, all Skippy wanted to do was Throughout the afternoon, she lied on the floor beside my wife and growled every time Sydney came with a foot of her. Meanwhile, Sydney just whined and threw her toys one by one in front of our boring dog, trying to entice her into behaving like anything other than an old woman.
(no offense to old women out there; you just don't play a lot, that's all)
What Sydney wants most in life is to play. She tried to chase Skippy; Skippy thought she was being mean. She tried to pet Skippy; Skippy thought she was picking a fight. She tried to nose Skippy to coax her into playing; Skippy thought she was invading her personal space. Its ironic that my socially inept Jack Russell, who daily violates our cat's personal space, had no patience for this overgrown child sticking its nose in her face, trying to get her to play.
I kind of felt bad for this dog, so eager to do anything fun. Unfortunately, all Skippy wanted to do was Throughout the afternoon, she lied on the floor beside my wife and growled every time Sydney came with a foot of her. Meanwhile, Sydney just whined and threw her toys one by one in front of our boring dog, trying to entice her into behaving like anything other than an old woman.
(no offense to old women out there; you just don't play a lot, that's all)
