Yeah, Cookie & Cinnamon played with Honey!!

Cookie and Cinnamon played with Honey the Great Dane for the first time yesterday.

When Honey was still living in a house just a couple of blocks away from Cookie's house, they sometimes met on the street during walks. But, every time Cookie saw Honey in a distance, he tried to turn around and walk away with his hair on the back standing up, so Honey's human and I could hardly talk to each other.

But, yesterday they got on so well. At first Honey's human was a little nervous about how Cookie and Cinnamon would respond when they came across such a bid dog like Honey, because she remembered how Cookie had behaved at previous times. Although Cookie stayed away from Honey for the first while, Cinnamon immediately showed interest in Honey and tried to invite her to play together.

* The photo in the centre is courtesy of Honey's humans

I want to thank Hsin-Yi, Honey's human, for her consideration as to how to introduce the dogs to each other. Firstly she suggested letting them meet up at an off-leash dog park, as dogs are more relaxed when their movement is not constrained by a lead. And, at the park where they met yesterday, she told Honey not to play roughly so that neither Cookie nor Cinnamon would get scared.

Cinnamon looked so happy playing with Honey. She didn't mind the difference of the size at all. When Honey stopped running after Cinnamon, Cinnamon barked and called Honey to play tag again.

Here is a message to Honey from Cookie and Cinnamon:

Thanks for playing with us, Honey! It was SO MUCH FUN!! But, you are REALLY BIG!! Cinnamon had never met such a big girl like you (Although we visited you when you performed a canine freestyle routine at Devonport Dog Parade in April, we couldn't chat with you as you were so busy then). Also, we were impressed that you were so well-behaved and listened to your humans so well. Our mum is very happy that we have found such a nice friend who we can learn a lot from. We can't wait to play with you again!!