Friends for the Weekend

This week not only were we entertaining friends, but Kai had a visitor as well. I was a little hesitant at first because Kai has only had one dog in the fenced yard and she was so busy being entertained by the kids of that dog that she could have cared less that there was a dog in the yard. But this weekend she had a buddy, almost. Lobo was a darling mixed breed 6 year old dog. He tolerated Kai's puppyish behavior, but I was so worried that Kai was going to get too rough. Kai likes ears and this dogs ears were buttery soft, so Kai kept trying to grab them. This was especially true when Lobo would come to greet me. Kai would run over and stick her head and then her body between us. Then she would start for the ears. They both were trying the one up game. One would try to stand over the other, both would refuse to lay down. But Kai wanted to play, so she would lay on her back, either Lobo did not understand the action or he just didn't care or he thought he won, either way he just walked away when Kai exposed her belly. Kai of course would not be ignored so she would grab one of Lobo's legs as he walked by. I think the thing that really ticked off Kai though she did not react to it was when the other dog would lay in Kai's crate. Kai would then go explore Lobo's crate and she would grab what ever tidbits she found in the crate, which got her in trouble. Kai used to hide stuff in her crate when we first got her, now she digs up my backyard or hides it under a couch cushion. Lobo's owner says that is how Lobo exerts her dominance, well he is an older dog. The other thing I found funny was the fight over the rawhide chew. This was not a tear your ear off, biting , growling fight. This was a very dignified ownership fight. I gave each dog a chew because I thought it would be better and there would be no problems. Well, every time one of the dogs dropped there chew the other dog would swoop in and grab it. This happened over and over again, finally they got down to one chew. One would drop, the other would pick it up, then immediately drop it, then the other would pick it up, and do the same thing. they must have done this at least ten times over one square of chew. Finally, they both abandoned it and left it in the middle of my floor. Kai is pooped, she has been sleeping all day except for when I took her for a walk after our company left. I think she was just getting use to the idea of this other dog who invaded her space and now poof the dog is gone. But I think she is also happy because now she can bring her toys out of hiding.