The Little Pack

Yes, this is exactly what it looks like

Your eyes do not deceive you. You are seeing exactly what you think you see: Cheyenne lifting her leg to pee. It gets better: Dixie also lifts her leg. And, they all compete to see who is the last to pee in a particular spot. They will literally line up and take turns to mark on top of each other’s pee. IO may go first, then Cheyenne will go, then Dixie, and Jack. You can practically see them thinking, hurry up! I have to go!! Far be it for me to remind them that there is an entire yard they could use…

I have written before about how the animals learn from each other. This is not limited to the dogs, the cats do it too, particularly Baby Titten. She is a smart cookie and understands a lot of what goes on around her. Archie loves to sprawl all over the place, on his back, all fours in the air. Baby Titten sleeps in traditional cat positions—in a ball, or on her stomach with all her feet tucked underneath her body. Soon after adopting Archie, we would come into a room and see her awkwardly laying on her back, front legs stiffly in the air, eyes big as silver dollars, still as can be and obviously uncomfortable, but determined to copy Archie,  and thereby proving the term, copy cat.