Cindy got this photo of blind Allie playing with blind Buddy, the new arrival, the other day. Buddy is a very sweet dog but we learned he's an alpha character — yet only with male dogs. (Yes, he's been neutered.) Thus he likes to challenge our males, although he is not at all aggressive. In other words, he doesn't really want to get into a fight, but only to get the others to acknowledge he's the alpha with some strutting, dominant behavior. (As we always tell people, disabilities do not change personalities!)
He's lucky we have a nice, easy-going group of dogs, but there's no sense in tempting fate or forcing the others to put up with this.
So we re-arranged things and now have him in a yard with two of our females, blind Allie and wobbly Allie, and he has developed quite a friendship with blind Allie. This is an interesting development because Allie hasn't been that playful with other dogs in a while — she's been more of a loner type who is more content to chew on her kongs all day long. But something about Buddy has brought out a different side in her, and now they roughhouse and romp when they're together:
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