Teddy's Puppies

This past weekend we had two young dogs visiting our house for AJ's birthday party, so Teddy was in dog heaven. Teddy is fascinated by dogs and loves to play with them. Unfortunately, most dogs aren't too fond of Teddy's methods of playing, which are the same as when he plays with people: he likes to sit on top, push, pull and ride. He doesn't mean to be aggressive, but his interactions with dogs usually include careful supervision with plenty of reminders to be gentle and  physical redirection when he tries to ride the dog, which inevitably happens.

That's not the case with the dogs who were visiting. Zed has known Teddy for a year and loves to wrestle and play with him, and this was Rook's first time meeting Teddy. Rook was incredible with Teddy, very mellow and chill except for one time that Teddy sat on her when she was tired. (He's a lot of weight for her since Rook is still very much a young pup. Teddy better watch out when she outgrows him.)

Teddy had an absolute blast playing with the dogs, wrestling them, snuggling into them, sharing toys and playing tug-o-war. (Never mind that he was using his teeth to play tug-o-war, imitating Rook.) When I tried putting Rook in the backpack carrier one morning, Teddy kept trying to unbuckle the carrier because he wanted to wear the carrier with Rook on his back.

Teddy was so proud of himself for carrying Rook!

Thanks to John and Lindsay for raising Zed and Rook to be awesome playmates for Teddy!