Fun with Fay!

Sarah came over for lunch today and brought her new foster puppy, Fay. As predicted the dogs had a grand time. They were running around so much it was pretty much impossible to take any photos — and when they weren’t I was no where close to the camera. But I did get this cute shot of them playing tug-of-war with one of Yara’s toys.

Sarah described Fay as the “sassiest puppy there is” and she certainly lives up to it. She’s very sweet and affectionate and quite the cuddle buddy, but she’s also very independent. What I noticed most abuot her today was that she is by no means intimidated by other dogs. In fact, she pretty much held nothing back with Yara. Yara didn’t seem to mind, but both Sarah and I commented we wished she’d put the puppy in her place if she didn’t want to play. We eventually had to physically separate them so Yara could have some downtime.

Anyway, most of the afternoon was spent giggling over the dogs playing. Yara was pretty much using her superior size and strength to her advantage by just standing around and letting the puppy pull with all her might. But Fay certainly wasn’t dwarfed in any sense; at one point she leaped squarely on Yara’s back and nearly flung herself into my television! Mostly they just chased each other around my apartment or played keep-away with a toy, but they were hardly as crazy as Yara and Irie were a few weeks ago. Thankfully, we didn’t have any accidents this time and no toys were damaged during this visit. However, one hair clip was sacrificed as a chew toy for the betterment of canine diplomacy.¹

It was a very fun afternoon, but stay tuned because in two weeks they’ll be back to visit and this time Irie’s coming, too!

EDIT: In an effort to remember to check Facebook more often, I’ll be cross-posting images from here into albums there. Sorry for the repetition. ;-)

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1. Fay kept climbing on my back and I eventually realized she was trying to get at my hair clip so I let her chew it up while Yara crashed out for a few.