Sweet Puppy Pals

As times goes on, Cabana is getting finicky about which dogs she chooses to play with. When we first started going to dog parks, she eagerly played with anything that had four legs and fur. But now, she has learned that not all dogs are the same. Some play nicer, some bark a lot, some have more energy, some will chase her (what she always wants). There are a few dogs we cross paths with that she doesn't want anything to do with--that's a huge change for this formerly dog-distracted-to-the-max social butterfly!

Thankfully, we've also crossed paths with some great pups. Our new favorites are these fellow Labradors with compatible energy levels and play styles.

Meet 5-month old Duma. Duma loves to swim, chase balls, and cocks her head in the cutest way.

And 6-month old Latte. (Her ears just happened to be turned like this!) Latte has a vivacious personality and an energy level to match Cabana's perfectly.

Here's a 4-second video of the 3 puppies in the swimming hole (why so short, blame the videographer--me):

Duma glides through the water effortlessly, while Cabana won't swim--she just bounds through the water. Latte was not thrilled about getting in the water when I took this video a couple weeks ago, but since that time, she's learned to love swimming, too. Silly Cabana--when she wants to go to the other side of this swimming hole, she'll run all the way around the perimeter, rather than swimming across it!

Cabana may be a year older than these pups, but she doesn't know it. She's got enough puppy-ness in her to last a few more years.

Cabana tries to headbutt her way into the wrestling match.

The other hu-moms and I are grateful, because (say it all together now), "A tired puppy is a happy puppy."