> Oh I envy you girls with being able to let them loose outside. Oh no, Lucy is not loose when she's outside with me, she's on a retractable leash at all times. She would be under the horses' feet in a New York minute otherwise. I have a clip attached to the handle of her leash and I either have her hitched to my belt loop, or I clip her to things as we go along doing our chores.
>Toby is fascinated with Sophie, but he's still such a pup that he generally >innocently knocks Sophie over if they are ever outside together.< Cate is our 70 lb. Aussie cross and she is sooo very careful with Lucy. Lucy is relentless is pestering her and though Catie makes the ugliest faces at her, it's all bluff. Cate will even lay down so that Lucy can reach her face during "wrestling matches". But then, Cate is 6 years old and past the exhuberant puppy stage. > I try to give Sophie some time out by herself every day, but she's so > fascinated with the outdoors that she won't come when I call... < Lucy is just plain naughty and won't come -- well, not all the way. She'll keep zipping near, but just out of reach. Tremendous fun -- for her. I can't believe how attached I am to the little squirt. I so thought I was strictly a "big dog" person. But I love my baby dog. -- Renee M. up in Michigan
