Thanks for the comments -- that was my first Smilebox attempt. I picked a pretty easy one but it was a lot of fun. I will definately use them again. The pups were very much in happy mode! They literally wore themselves out yesterday playing with all the toys. I pretended to be asleep (as I was a little tired of playing myself) but Rocky is not to be fooled. He would take a toy and pry my hand open so I would take it from him to throw. He does love his fetch!
I think this GE was a turning point for the power structure here. Ben usually dominates everyone and is bad about taking toys away from the others. There were so many, he really could not take them all. That was just enough to give Rocky the confidence he needed. I don't think Ben will be dominating him anymore. Rocky is already as big as Ben. But Ben has never let size stand in his way before. I think he has met his match in his son, Rocky though. I was really getting a kick out of watching the doggy politics work its way out. Once Ben was taken down a peg in the heirarchy, I noticed he started coming to me for loving more. I think he needed reassurance. Poor baby! Momma will always love him! |