Taggerung and Favo Stories

Kristi,
     I've been trying to get a pic of Tagger and Favo playing for you all. They move too fast (or I'm too slow) to get a good one.
     Tagger had sort of decided to start biting on the children and trying to play with them instead of Favo....because this was not what we'd planned (the kids have each other and Favo needed the playmate) I put Tagger in Favo's crate with him. It's an extra large crate so they both fit in there fine. At first he was like, "hey, what am I doing in here with this dog?" Then I think it clicked and he realized he could play with Favo. In the mean time Favo realized that if he was going to get Tagger to play he was going to have to be much more gentle with him. Eventually these things work themselves out. We just didn't want Tagger to get too comfortable playing with the wrong species. They are pals now. Tagger still hangs back a bit and goes back to the deck when Favo and the girls are out because they run around too much. He can't keep up with those uncoordinated puppy legs.

     I put the dog pool out for them yesterday. At first Favo went in and lounged in it while Tagger looked on in amazement. Then Tagger decided to see what it was all about and climbed in. Once he discovered he could go crazy coo-coo dog and bite at the splashes--he had a great time. So much so that when we put the pool up later and stowed it behind the grill on the deck, he squeezed behind the grill and into the pool to see if he could still splash around in it.



I think he liked it !
Tagger Sweeney Family