Terrified

Yesterday Elli went to play with her best friend, Kane. He's a 6-month-old lab who can be quite pushy trying to play with Elli. She reacts by growling at him and not being very friendly, but in a strange way I think this is how she plays with him. I even catch her smiling, especially when he gets in trouble for biting at her. And, it does go both ways, Elli instigates as much as Kane does. She'll even stick her face infront of Kane's inviting him to bite her! She's really not like this with any other dogs!

Kane had another friend over, a husky named Buddy. Poor Elli was terrified once she arrived and two huge dogs came running straight at her. I wasn't there to comfort her or witness the event. But, I was told she went inside the house to seek refuge and was just shaking so bad. She even goose honked a little. The only thing that calmed her down enough to go outside to play was a special treat just for her.

Once she built up her courage she ventured outside, growled once at Buddy to show him she's the boss, then they were friends. Luckily Buddy isn't like Kane, when he gets growled at he backs off. Kane on the other hand doesn't take the hint and continues to pester Elli. I hope they grow out of this game soon.

Of course all this playing, growling and trauma have exhausted her. She has been sleeping ever since she got home from her play-date.