Adjusting to new personalities

Colin is much more hyper/energetic that Tamber. Case in point: I often hold the dog food fork down for Tamber to sniff to get her interested in the food I have just put in her bowl. Tamber always sniffs carefully a few times then starts licking her lips - I've been surprised that she never even attempts to lick the fork. After letting Tamber sniff this morning, Colin was interested too so I held the fork in front of him - he didn't sniff, or lick, he just immediately tried to grab the fork and run away. Another example is that when the dogs are chasing each other around the house, Colin jumps up on the couches, etc. to get away for a few seconds and take a breather - he knows that Tamber won't follow. Compared to Tamber, he's a daredevil on the furniture. Tamber has always been timid on steps - Colin runs up 2 at a time. Tamber likes to sleep on her belly - Colin sleeps on his back with his feet in the air (and his head hanging off the couch if possible). Tamber keeps a respectful distance from the air grates on the floor - Colin sleeps on top of the grate to get maximum benefit from the AC.

Yet in so many ways they are alike. Today I noticed several times that they were both laying the same way - watching what we were doing. Right now, both of the the "terrorists" have passed out on the floor after our long walk on a path by the Parkway.

Tamber has started bringing toys to Colin to play with - she bumps him with the toy just like she does to us. The only problem is that Colin is so excited about playing that he grabs the toy from her rather that tugging on it with her like we do (I think maybe we've been a little too gentle in the game and she's not ready for a true doggie reaction). We noticed today though that Tamber was "winning" allot more than before. They were really having fun because Tamber was in "winning" mood!!

The dogs still get rather wound up a few times a day. We are starting to work on the "Enough" command. The video below is part of a game of Tag today.