More Balu and Coco

See the previous posts about Coco and about Balu.

Not a Question of Size

Despite their relative sizes, Balu took over quickly, and Coco, being Coco, let her. 

Coco was the kind of dog who would, when she saw other dogs fighting or playing too vigorously at the park, stand apart to let the others fight it out. Of course, that was before Balu came into our lives.

This was when they were at home, in 2013. 

At the Dog Park

When we started taking Balu to the dog park with us, she started making trouble. She would rile up another dog, and make Coco defend her. When Coco entered the fray, which she would never have done before, Balu would slip out from under the other dog she made angry and stand aside to watch Coco fight it out! Even then, Coco, usually the bigger and stronger of the two, would let the other dog go if it were willing to stop fighting. So, none of the fights lasted long and nobody got hurt. 

Here’s a couple of photos from the dog park:

Balu was a great swimmer from the very beginning. Coco likes to go in the lake but didn’t swim far. Balu would swim almost to the other side of the small lake if there was a stick or ball to bring back. Here’s Balu swimming back with a ball in her mouth.

Unfortunately, they started ganging up on other dogs:  shall we let him come back up?

We had to look for more deserted parks to take them. 

Dog Friends 

This was at Turtle Creek and the other black dog is called Remy, also a very docile creature, like Coco, and Balu was able to tolerate her without getting jealous. 

Yes, she sometimes got jealous when Coco played with other dogs. The vet says this is not uncommon when there is more than one dog in the family. 

Before Balu came, we had run into another do Coco’s size, a Doberman male by the name of Atticus.  Coco and he became fast friends. Unfortunately, Atticus and his people had to move out of our neighborhood, and when we visited, Balu was with us, and she didn’t like it at all that Coco and Atticus seemed close. That was Atticus’s swimming pool. 

Coco could easily overpower her, but she’s very gentle with her, even at play, or when Balu worries her to such a degree that she must put her in her place.

 

 

Mostly, she let’s Balu have her way.

 

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