Can you tell these two are sisters? My flatmate came home and thought he was seeing double, or that we had a SUPERdog, it was in front of him, and then when he turned around there it was again!
The white paws on Sox give it away. I remember a similar situation when I worked in TB racing stables in Japan. All the colts had Yellow halters, all the fillies had Red ones. We got two black colts that were almost identical. I suggested that we maybe put a different colour halter on one of them.... see,that would have made sense, so we couldn't possibly do it! For those horsey people, yes I could tell them apart, up close, not at a distance, and the Japanese don't brand their horses either. Instead one of the boys found out the hard that he had the wrong horse when he saddled up Arcanges and attempted to ride him. He wasn't broken in, whereas the other one was. Oddly enough after that he had a different halter on!
Anyway.... I solved the problem of Which Dog?
Well, Sox did. She went to another foster carer today. I know when dogs aren't going to be ok with The Chicken when Chicken uses my bedroom as a dirtbox. 6am and a smelly poo told me that he wasn't happy about going past the dogs to get to the litterbox. Can't say I blame him, Sox barks at you if you appear suddenly, like from in the kitchen, or if you come in the back door, or walk past the house..... She thinks she is a guard dog. Must say, she has a wicked bark, scared the hebes out of me, she isn't even that big, but would put people off with that bark!
It's Patch and Suzie Q now. They like to play together, it's cute. Patch Rat is mad, as everyone who has met her will attest to, and it takes a special dog to keep up with her. Suzie is doing ok. She is such a little sweetie. Now that Sox is gone she will be exposed more to The Chicken. She has avoided him since she got swiped at the other day. With any luck that will continue and she will graduate BootCamp.
I caught her on the couch earlier. She sulked for a good half hour after I removed her. Yes, removed her, physically. Telling her to get down achieved nothing, had to resort to lifting her off, then she sat on the bed looking totally offended. Patch has decided that since she can't get away with being on the people chairs (when we are in the room at least!) that she will do the next best thing.
She will sit on the people beanbag. It's not like there are ample dog beds available. They are simply beneath her now....
I have totally over indulged her. I am currently looking for cute printed polar fleece to get her a custom made coat sewn for winter....
