They Love on Each Other All the Time

As you know, Barley has been going to day care at DoGone Fun about twice a week for a few months now. At first she was a bit hesitant every time sb dropped her off, but now she pulls toward the gate once we get out of the car.

She has made a lot of friends, and according to the daily report cards the staff gives us, her favorites are Nemo, a very large Burnese Mountain dog, and Prince. We never knew which dog Prince was until yesterday.

So yesterday, I checked in on my girl through the day care's handy dandy Web cam, and she was wandering around this pretty golden retriever. All of a sudden, she jumps on the goldie's back and starts humping him. Now, I've seen other dogs hump Barley (which she does NOT like), but I've never seen her be the humper. The staff quickly separated the two, but not long after that, Barley was chasing after the goldie again. The poor dog finally jumped onto the slide to hide from Barley.

SB was trying really hard to pretend like it was some other black dog, but when we picked her up, we got confirmation. We asked one of the staffers who Prince was because he's always listed as one of her doggy friends on her report card. The staffer said, "Oh, Prince is a golden retriever with a reddish coat." Scott and I looked at each other and realized that Prince was the one who Barley was chasing around and humping all day. And then, the staffer added, "Yeah, Prince is the owner's dog. Barley and Prince are great friends. They love on each other all the time."

Of course. Of course my dog would hump the day care owner's dog. Of all the dogs at day care, my dog chooses the owner's dog to violate.

Sigh. We're really hoping that she stops doing this because we have a feeling that some day, we're going to pick her up, and her report card is just going to have a big EXPELLED stamp on it.