Alayne got these shots Saturday evening right after we had finished with the afternoon chores. That's blind Allie the Lab in the middle of a wrestling match with blind Austin the Beagle. They had already gone at least one round by the time Alayne saw them and got the camera; there was a momentary pause and then this round began.
The interesting thing, Alayne pointed out when she showed me these photos, is that Allie is not really very social. She's perfectly happy to play with a kong by herself, throwing it around and then hunting it down, or doing the same with a tennis ball. She doesn't usually hang out with the other animals, and isn't that playful. Allie has on occasion roughhoused with other animals, but generally she's kind of a solo girl and seems to prefer it that way. Yet Austin has this amazing ability to get just about every dog we have to play with him — and he seems to like taking on bigger dogs especially. Yesterday's session with Allie was more proof of it. And there's nothing we like more than to see two (or more!) of our disabled animals play with each other.
So here's the ensuing sequence of action shots:
Here I think Allie may be thinking about whether to grab the little punk by the neck and pin him to the ground:
But then, inexplicably, courtesy enters the scene and they bow to each other:
Followed immediately by the double-paw sock-'em to the muzzle:
When you're really small, especially compared to your opponent, it's best to try and stand as tall as you can:
But, as often happens in the blind vs. blind battles, they lose sight of each other (so to speak) and things momentarily break off:
Allie's now thinking, "Uh oh, where'd he go?":
Before the munchkin suddenly seems to come out of nowhere and lands at her feet again:
And then it's true paw-to-paw combat:
Before Austin tries one more of his left-hooks just as the bell rings:
And that was the Lab vs. Beagle match for Saturday, October 9th.
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