Something I Notice About Charlie

[W Sibs]

I spend way to much time with my two.. but I love watching them and observe them with other dogs, people and animals. What I notice about my boy is that he is really good calming other dogs down. All dogs like him, although he can snob them off :D

This morning, there was a dog that escape the yard... he/she was very skittish around the boyfriend and I, and wouldn't go near Emmy (she was barking at the other dog because it was so skittish and Emmy was telling the dog to chill?).. but the dog would follow Charlie. So we used Charlie to get close to he/she to check the tag and then walked the dog home :D We never once touched the other dog (aside from quickly checking the collar).. we didn't even have the chance to clip the spare collar on he/she because he/she slipped out of my grip and is really really quick and skittish. But, he/she would happily follow Charlie.

The other day at the park, Charlie and I were having our alone time... we bumped into a few dogs, Charlie says hello to them and kept going. There was this 6 months old puppy.. very timid towards other dogs, and as we were walking pass Charlie ignored it and went to sniff at a patch of grass.. the pup walked slowly to Charlie and slowly sniffed Charlie, Charlie just continued doing what he was doing.. next thing I knew, the 2 dogs were exploring together and sorta playing with each other (the puppy even did a play bow to Charlie.. who return gave it a 'wtf' look) other dogs came by, and Charlie will say hello to it, and I think the puppy watched how relaxed Charlie was meeting other dogs, the puppy itself relaxed. The owner of the puppy, asked if we could exchange email address and then organise a "play" date with Charlie. The puppy did look like he was having a lot of fun exploring with Charlie

Do you guys have a dog like this?

He is my weapon when it comes to Emmy too. He is a huge help on socialising Emmy! He loves people and other dogs, so Emmy would watch him.. sees that he gets all the attention. Emmy (who's a diva) must be centre of attention, she will forget her problems and goes straight into the middle so people and other dogs so she can get all the attention :D

[Jacquiboss&scoop]

I have a 17 year old staffy cattle cross , he will do the same thing with pups and cats , oh and small kids I think he learnt this from my old rottie girl ,

Now all new pups and kittens and kids are sort of handed over to him he loves to be given a new baby LOL with the nervous ones he just drops with his head on his paws and watches and waits for them to come to him , if they dont come over to him he looks away then rolls over belly up until they come over , love watching the little ones come out of their shell with him

[W Sibs]

awww... Charlie just ignores them. He doesn't wait... he just does his own thing, and they just join him.

Charlie and Emmy sometimes double team helping puppies be more confident.. Charlie calms them down, and when the puppy gets some confident, Emmy steps in in to play with the puppies.. doing play bow, playing chasing and tug a war (because Charlie doesn't play like that). I've seen this happened with my cousin's little puppy, a random Japanese Spitz puppy we met at the park and my friends new Poodle. Very cool to watch.

[Simply Grand]

Saxon is a little peacemaker... I hope it continues thru his life, but he is very good at creating a calm, friendly atmosphere. He really gets along well with most dogs... I'd love him to meet Charlie and Emmy, I think they'd have fun

My best example is when Saxon and I went to a cafe for lunch with his best friend Laila, who was staying with us, and my (human) friend with her dog Max. While we were at lunch a much larger dog walked past, and the two little dogs (Laila and Max) went nuts barking at the big dog, then focused on barking at each other. Saxon went to each dog and licked each of their mouths, like he was saying "guys, chill out, it's all ok...". They calmed down after that and the bigger dog just kept walking. So cute...

I'm impressed with Saxon for being such a calm, happy fella