Sunday, September 26, 2010

The Dog. The Baby.

Who is the dominant one in the relationship?




The baby. As it should be.

Whenever George is near Chewy, Chewy rolls onto his back to show he knows that in the "pack order" around here, he is "below" George. Chewy will even walk over (on his own) to where the baby is, lay down and roll over.

Now that George is mobile, he loves to crawl over and grab Chewy's soft fur. Chewy stays on his back and takes whatever George dishes out. I usually have compassion and save Chewy after a minute or two, by calling him over and commending him on his patience and lack of aggression toward the baby--he usually gets a treat.

As near as I can tell, Chewy thinks the pack order is as follows: Mom, Goose, Bean, Dad, Ted, George, Chewy.

The Dad firmly believes that Chewy thinks it is Mom, Goose, Bean, Ted, George, Chewy, Dad.

1 comment:

Ice-Cold Goat's Milk said...

Chewy looks like rigamortis has set in. Seriously, until Goose calls him, he looks dead.