J 'over loves' Max, one of our dogs.
He will cuddle him very tightly, almost choking him, and tips his head back, snout in the air.
Max takes it all in his stride. He does'nt even get up and move elsewhere - perhaps because he knows J will just follow him and do the same there.
J does'nt do this to our other dog, Barney. Barney, although is a far worse attention seeking dog, and pushes his way past Max for anything, will not allow J to do this to him at all. He has growled before and J knows not to bother him.
Labradors are loving dogs. They are four legged dustbins. They can hoover the tiniest crumb up off of the floor and will wait endlessly by your side if they think the food you are eating will be passed on to them once you have finished.
Because of their dustbin like manner they hang around J when he eats. He will feed them the crusts of his toast. I have to keep them back as they literally follow him, snout millimetres away from his hand.
J calls dogs "Pippin". This is after Pippin the dog from the CBeebies programme 'Come Outside'. He does refer to them as "Max, Barney" when they are missing from his location, but generally it is "Pippin".
He will veer towards most dogs out walking with their owner and I have to pull him back as he will more than likely try to mount the larger dogs, rather like he was mounting a horse to ride. The smaller dogs get stroked, but rather roughly. So for this I would rather keep him back from them so as to keep the dogs and the owners happy.
It must be a compromise between Max and J. J can over love him as long as he gets more treats and scraps.
