cousin brucie

This morning we had a nice romp in the pasture with Bruce the Dane, the last few days the neighboring horses have been very curious, thinking that a pony has moved next door. I took the pups for an off leash run at the Lake and we stayed on the paved path, hoping to attact less ticks. Well, that's not exactly true, we did run on the horse trails in the woods. Tater is keeping time with Sweets and has these unbelievable ear flapping, full out gallop recalls that I think are adorable and impressive. Sweets and Bruce have been keeping their distance (as our boy Bruce seems to completely disregard when a dog is not interested in having a 100 lb dog charge them.) They just had a session in the pasture, and what I'm seeing is Bruce sees a dog and his conditioned response regardless of what the dog is doing is to charge and start to play bow. That can be dangerous considering most dogs don't greet that way or would want to engage in play with a pony. We're working :)
Tater on the other hand is confident, keeps his distance in open field, but will snuggle with the big guy when given the chance. Three tuckered dogs napping in the sun, life is good!