Roly-Poly Role Reversal

Though Tucker is still not very happy with the new whippersnapper, he seems to be slowly adapting. He lets Roly-Poly come closer to him, and no longer takes the extremely long way around the room to get somewhere if Roly-Poly is in his way. He is still very possessive of his spaces, though, and we support that. The bed is off-limits to little Roly, and behind the chair closest to the back door in the living room has been claimed as Tucker's territory as well. Behind the chair is especially funny, because Roly loves getting up to Tucker there and trying to entice him to play. When Tucker's not there, Roly gets the funniest look of perplexity on his face!

Poor Tucker has to fend off the advances of little Roly often, since the puppy seems excited about seeing something that looks like him--especially since they have almost identical coloring and shading. If Tucker isn't in one of his "safe havens" Roly loves to try to chase him down. Tucker is getting a bit too old for that, though, he seems to feel, and looks at us just begging for our intervention! Since Roly's a lot lighter than Tucker, he's the one that tends to get scooped away.

Today there was a bit of role reversal. Tyler let Tucker in from the back yard, and Roly actually ran from Tucker! It turns out that he was guarding his "pup corn" dog treat! These treats were sent home from the breeder, and are made from popcorn and shaped like dogs. Roly likes them a lot (if he's not too distracted), and this morning did not want to risk losing one, even to play with his idol! He certainly keeps us entertained!