Rudy's New Friend

Rudy had a very exciting morning.  He has a new friend.  Huxley, a lab/pit/rottweiler/etc. mix, is visiting the main house for the next few days.  Apparently Huxley might not totally be comfortable playing with other dogs so there was a littler nervousness when Rudy and Huxley first met.  In typical Rudy fashion he just ran away as fast as he could until he was sure Huxley wasn't going to attack him.  Within 15 minutes they were fast friends.  They ran.  They played.  They tired themselves out so much that they had to take to playing while lying on their sides and backs.  It was too stinking funny.

Perhaps the funniest thing was that Rudy has internalized how Cliff plays with him and is now using those skills to take down other dogs.  Cliff will try to touch Rudy's front paws when they play.  Rudy doesn't like it so he tries to kick them behind him.  Eventually Rudy just ends up going down on his front elbows.  Well, sure enough, our genius dog started going after Huxley's paws in the same way today.  Did it work?  Heck yes!  He was able to briefly best a bigger dog.  We think that made him happy.  It sure made Cliff and I laugh.