Do you play favorites?

**k9krazee** · 04-11-2006, 02:46 PM

I definately agree with Kay..

I spend the most time with Jack because he NEEDS it, it takes a long time to wear him out mentally and physically so we spend most of our time playing, running through heel, stay, come, doing the weave poles and various other things. If I don't then he becomes destructive and extremely bored.

Micki doesn't like to play, but he LOVES learning tricks and going for walks or rides. So thats what I do with him.

Mini is my mom's dog, but is extremely attached to my dad so she spends a lot of time with him and following him around. Of course I do play with her and work with training (because I KNOW nobody else would!) and lately I've been spending a lot of time with her because I found out that she LOVES agility! It sounds silly but she really isn't the type of dog that I thought would enjoy it but she really really does! I've become a LOT closer to her too just within the last month, and I really like that.

Kyra...Kyra is my mom's dog. When my mom is home Kyra is glued to her side. I usually spend a TON of time playing with her, she could play fetch all day long!! So she get a lot of that time because she can have SO much energy.

Shadow really doesn't enjoy walks or playing with toys much anymore, what she enjoys is laying with you on the floor watching TV, going for rides and things like that.

So I guess what I'm trying to say is I don't necessarily play favorites, I try to spend alone time with each and every one of them...not that they really need ME, there are 5 other people in this house, lol. The boys are both MY dogs so sometimes I do tend to spoil them a bit more in some areas.

**lute** · 04-11-2006, 02:53 PM

i do it too.

i tend to give Gracie more attention than Beanie. Beanie is my mom's dog and i'm not really into small dogs. Beanie is a great dog and we do special Lexie& Beanie things to make up.

**husky 1** · 04-11-2006, 04:01 PM

Yep guilty too ,i tend to spend more time on mishka as the oldies just want to sleep but ice joins in sometimes when me & mishka play. but they all get lots of fussies

**pnance** · 04-11-2006, 06:19 PM

I have to agree it's need dependent:

Bear is laid back and easy going, he's happy with food and a couch, when he wants attention he'll come find you other than that he wants sleep. He does get walks and stretch/massage sessions on his legs (but I think he'd prefer to do without those

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Savannh, Nikka and Hunter are all active and need excersize and lots of attention and play time.

**Tollers-n-Dobes** · 04-11-2006, 06:49 PM

I love all of my dogs (though...I must admit, I am not a small dog person and Tia and I don't get along particularly well...I do like her though), but yes, Tango is my favourite but that is only because she is *my* dog the others are my parents' really, I call them mine though just because I live with them. She is the only dog I've trained by myself and she and I do absolutely everything together, despite her fear issues (which I'm working on) she's been the best dog I've ever had in my opinion just because she and I have such a strong bond. Now that I have Tango I believe that if you train one dog by yourself, you will have a stronger relationship with that dog...lol...before I had Tango I didn't think that was true (not sure why, it just sounded weird at the time). Once I'm living on my own with just Tango and my next Toller, I'm not sure if I'll have a favourite or not but at the moment I do. Hopefully that all made sense.