Hmmm….
Tonight, two dogs are so exhausted that they can barely move. Cheyenne is so tired that she could not bring herself to stand up and lick the leftover plate of chips and cheese. She chose instead to lay down next to it. Jackson is so tired that he has sprawled out on the couch on his back, and even more telling, he has not brought me a single toy tonight. Because we did not do anything out of the ordinary tonight, and because the other two dogs have a normal level of alertness, this has led us to speculate that perhaps these two dogs played together all day long, and therefore wore each other out. Jackson will occasionally play with Cheyenne when he thinks we aren’t looking or if they are oustide together by themselves. Every once in awhile he forgets and plays with her in front of us. My husband caught them playing together in the bedroom the other day. Most of the time Jack growls at her whenever she comes within a two-foot radius of him. I have to say I am impressed with his resolve to continue to hate her. It has, after all, been close to 3 years and he is barely beginning to show signs of cracking. I am sure he thought that today while we were at work was the perfect time to play with her all he wanted and not get caught. He is probably congratulating himself on getting away with it. He may be smart, but little does know we are smarter.