Lizzy and Frodo

For the most part Lizzy is respectful of my older dogs and listens when they tell her to take it down a notch. If that happens she just bounces off to see if anyone else is interested in playing with her - or even just tolerating her while she "plays at" them.

Lizzy and Frodo

However our 10 year old dog Frodo is quite the curmudgeon. Age really has nothing to do with it as he has been uptight since he emerged from puppyhood - he knows how he likes things and he doesn't like other dogs messing with him. He will tolerate Chima and Sal who like to come up and lick his face occasionally but with fosters he lets them know they need to stay outside of his very large bubble of personal space.

Lizzy however is a curious little girl and while she mostly listens to him, when he does something interesting she can't help herself and has to inspect.

I thought it was so cute when Frodo had burrowed under a pile of 3 freshly washed blankets that he had pulled out of the laundry basket and arranged on top of a dog bed. Lizzy came over to inspect his handiwork and Frodo was not amused.