Big Brother, the Defender

This afternoon, our neighbor Christine invited us to play with Sasha, her toy poodle, and a visiting English springer spaniel, Balzac. Guinness was happy, happy, happy to meet a new person and canine friend. Sasha is no longer afraid of Guinness, but he definitely is not fond of him. Hershey and Balzac did not have a good first impression of each other. After some unruffled play and sniffing around, Hershey wandered away to lie on the driveway watching from a distance. Meanwhile, Guinness was trying to encourage Sasha or Balzac to chase him. Balzac joined in on the game. We were enjoying their crazy antics when Hershey suddenly ran up to them and stopped the play. It was as if he was telling Balzac to leave his little brother alone. We all giggled at the amazing encounter.