Sweet Pea and her mother, Yancey were our outside dogs and never socialized too much with our other dogs. After the death of Yancey, I was so afraid that Sweet Pea would be poisoned too, that I let her stay inside the house, thinking that I would eventually start leaving her outside all the time.Sweet Pea has always been skittish of the other dogs and of anyone visiting the house and it really got worse after Yancey died. She’s probably the sweetest of all the dogs we have, but just had not been exposed to other animals much.
A.J. is our miniature long-haired daschund who is 10’ tall and invincible. He is a couple of years old but has the heart of a 6 month old puppy and loves to play. He seemed to sense that Sweet Pea needed someone to give her some attention, so he started trying to play with her. She snapped at him a few times, letting him know that she did NOT want a playmate. A.J. being the persistent little cuss that he is would not let her say no. Being older, I guess Sweet Pea finally decided it was easier to just let A.J. play with her than to get into trouble for nipping at him.
As time went by, Sweet Pea began to warm up to A.J. and they are now the best of buds. They play tag and wrestle. When you tell Sweet Pea to “pin” A.J. she will put her leg on top of him and pin him to the floor. And every so often we even catch them sleeping beside each other.
Just goes to show that when don't think you like someone - be careful, they just might turn out to be one of your best "buds"!
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