On our way back to Purdis's kennel, we saw Julie in the park, so we tried Purdis with Julie to see if they were compatible.

Again, for some unknown reason Julie scared the daylights out of Little Purdis.

     Next we tried Veronica (who lost her kennel mate, Pierce, to adoption yesterday) with Spike (who had just moved in with Bella Friday evening), and they hit it off just fine, so Spike went to Veronica's kennel.

Veronica and Spike started "sparring" right away.

There was no growling, just aggressive play.

"Are we gonna be friends, or what?"

The leashes come off and these two begin some rough but friendly tussling.

SUNDAY, September 7, 2003, continued