[linz06]

We have three dogs, and I think I have different connections with them all. Layla has been with me since she was just a puppy. We always had a really deep connection. She did change a little after her paralysis - she used to be so cuddly and wanted to be with us and on our laps all the time, but all of a sudden she didn't want to sleep in our bed anymore (and it wasn't safe anymore), and she didn't want to cuddle as much. But she still knew she had our full attention.

Then we adopted Kash and Lucy. Layla changed even more. She and Kash were at war for a bit - she didn't like him jumping all over her mommy! They tolerate each other now, but she still gets jealous. She has distanced herself a bit more from DH and I. She would rather be napping on the floor in the middle of the room than on our laps or sitting beside us. She still loves to play, but only if Kash and Lucy are not around - so we try to give her one-on-one attention as much as we can. I think it's all a part of sorting out their personalities and where they stand in the pack.

Lucy and I are still building a relationship but it is leaps and bounds from where it was when she came to live with us. She was abused and most likely from a puppy mill. She's extremely timid, but she will play every once in a while, she doesn't hide from us, and she likes sitting beside us.

But by far, Kash is the babiest, cuddliest, most kid-like dog we own. It's so easy to be in love with him. He wants to be on my lap all the time, or playing with me, or running around the house like a nutcase. He makes me smile all the time! He sleeps in bed with us (he used to be on the floor with Lucy and Layla, but he was a jerk and kept pushing Layla out of her beds all night).

I don't like to say I love him more than the others because I would go to the ends of the earth for any of my dogs! We just all relate differently, I think. And they ALL prefer me over DH, which hurts his feelings sometimes! So I make Kash cuddle with his daddy sometimes, and I will lay on the floor with Layla. We really try to give them all the kind of attention they want. Kash is just more human-like to us because he behaves like a human kid would! So it almost makes him more relateable.

But of course I do love them all!!!