A change of heart

Well, as you can see in the photo, Bud has decided that maybe Tilly isn't so bad after all. I mean, he has to realize what good taste she has to be so in love with him. Tilly's love for Bud has not seemed to abate, and Bud now lets her sniff him and I even caught them playing together a bit over the last couple days. It's so odd how Tilly, who is pretty standoffish with other dogs (and very standoffish with people) just seems to be so connected with Bud. She will be very sad when he goes home on Friday.

Bud is on house arrest right now until I can move the compost bin to a new spot in the back yard. Today he jumped up on the bin and over the fence into the neighbor's back yard. Unfortunately he was working in his yard and had the gates open and out Bud went for a trot around the neighborhood. We sprinted after him for about a 1/4 mile before we were able to corner him in someone's yard. Have you ever raced a rat terrier? Trust me, you will not win unless they let you or you're good at herding.

Then he did it again this evening only the gates were locked so he was trapped in our neighbor's yard, thankfully. Now he is on leash when we go out for bathroom breaks and tomorrow I'll fix things up so he can roam freely with the other dogs again. He is acting like I am killing him by making him be on a leash when he's outside.