Might there be a lesson here for all of us humans? Red vs. Blue? Lib vs. Conservative? Guns/No Guns/ Pro Life blah blah blah. Let Steve & Peggy be a lesson to us all. No matter what breed; we are all just dogs (er...) humans who need to co-exist.
Our two boys do what I refer to as "Stag Dominance" rearing up on their hind legs and mouth wrestling or grabbing each others hind legs with insistent, friendly rumblings not quite growls until the younger one squeals his submission and it stops for only a moment. Our demure girl dog couldn't be bothered by either of them!! I agree, Dogs, man!!
I love this so much, and hope my cats grow into a similar relationship one day. It's been six months of growling and occasional fur flying at this point.
Dogs are awesome, i have never had two at one time since i live in nyc, it can be difficult since i live in an apartment and dogs like space. My favorite guy (a smooth fox terrier) passed away 4 years ago but i will never forget him, he walked every inch of central park with me and never blinked, he was just great being outdoors. as he got older he was happy to sit under a bench in the park and watch the tennis matches with me. It sucks they don’t live longer.
Lovely. You write so beautifully. I immediately recognized the conduct described in the following paragraph as that performed daily by our golden doodles. I could never have described it so vividly.
“Peggy and Steve are engaged in their evening joust. It appears to be an adaptation of the Greco-Roman wrestling style with a special dispensation set aside for putting one’s whole mouth around the others’ head.”
Might there be a lesson here for all of us humans? Red vs. Blue? Lib vs. Conservative? Guns/No Guns/ Pro Life blah blah blah. Let Steve & Peggy be a lesson to us all. No matter what breed; we are all just dogs (er...) humans who need to co-exist.
Beautiful prose, beautiful photographs, beautiful dogs. I'm loving your blog already.
Our two boys do what I refer to as "Stag Dominance" rearing up on their hind legs and mouth wrestling or grabbing each others hind legs with insistent, friendly rumblings not quite growls until the younger one squeals his submission and it stops for only a moment. Our demure girl dog couldn't be bothered by either of them!! I agree, Dogs, man!!
I love this so much, and hope my cats grow into a similar relationship one day. It's been six months of growling and occasional fur flying at this point.
Dogs are awesome, i have never had two at one time since i live in nyc, it can be difficult since i live in an apartment and dogs like space. My favorite guy (a smooth fox terrier) passed away 4 years ago but i will never forget him, he walked every inch of central park with me and never blinked, he was just great being outdoors. as he got older he was happy to sit under a bench in the park and watch the tennis matches with me. It sucks they don’t live longer.
Lovely. You write so beautifully. I immediately recognized the conduct described in the following paragraph as that performed daily by our golden doodles. I could never have described it so vividly.
“Peggy and Steve are engaged in their evening joust. It appears to be an adaptation of the Greco-Roman wrestling style with a special dispensation set aside for putting one’s whole mouth around the others’ head.”