Sean picks up the dogs' toys once in a while. A favorite of his is a bone that both our dogs enjoy playing with. When Sean decided to sit on his bed a few minutes ago, he found that his bed had been taken over by both our large dogs. One of them, our black and white mutt, called The Artful Dodger, stayed on the bed when Sean sat down because Dodger saw Sean was holding "his" bone.

Dodger kept his eyes on the bone and tried, gingerly, to get the bone from Sean several times, but each time Sean just kept the bone out of Dodger's reach. It was a wonderful piece of interaction that I had to get a picture of. After several minutes, Dodger gave up and came out into the living room and lay down, without the bone. Sean is the only person I know who can keep a dog toy away from the dogs without any confrontation whatsoever. He never moves quickly, he never pulls the toy out of the dog's mouth or anything. But the dogs are very careful with Sean. As always, animals can teach us a lot! More on horses in the next post!
Nancy