It's playtime!

Today I witnessed my two dogs playing together for the first time.  Kolohe tried to initiate play inside, but Chopper wasn't comfortable, so I took them outside.  Woweee did they play.  Mostly wrestling and a little chasing.  Kolohe of course growled and grunted like a bear, so Chopper tried making a few small barks too.  It was sooo cute!  They bounced around all over the place.  I really wanted to capture it on video, but I knew if I went inside it would break their concentration on the play so I just watched and smiled.  When they started ignoring one another I ran in for my phone, and for a toy. I did get a few pictures of the dogs playing together when I came back outside. They are blurry but still function as photographic evidence:

I bought Spiffy Penguin on a business trip to Colorado years ago for Otto.  It's made by Fat Cat toys, the same ones that make "Mean Kitty".  They are whimsical and fun, and they don't make the penguin anymore so it's my own personal collectors item.  I probably should've warned it of its fate... Because now Spiffy Penguin is an outside toy:

 Here's a short video of him playing with his new (now outside only) toy:

That, my dear friends, is dog joy. 

After the dogs settled back in I decided to go for a run myself.  When I was suited up and ready to go I saw Chopper looking at me hopefully.  One day, Chop-dog, one day we will go running together. I promise! We just gotta build that confidence up some more!

Got back from my run and Chris Isaak's "Dancing" was playing on my ipod. Well you can't just stop a good tune half way through, so I took out the earphones and let it play and invited Kolohe to do as the song suggests.  Kolohe loves to dance, so we finished off the song dancing together.  Chopper sat on his blanket watching us warily.  Not with fear, but more like I don't know what that is, let me keep watching.  I figured it was good modeling for him to see our interactions and happy play time.