Friends

 Booker, like Sisko, is great with other dogs.  Sisko has always gotten along with every dog we've encountered and when a dog we've passed has acted aggressive or reactive he's avoided them. Booker has followed his lead.

After we picked Booker up the day we got him we stopped for a while at our niece and nephew's house and he met their dog.  Their dog is, well, a little socially awkward.  She's a German Shepherd who was adopted in the midst of Covid and spent months isolated with only them.  Whether this is the reason or this is just who she is, she's very wary of people and other animals.

It's weird for us, because our dogs are all over other people, but she doesn't want to be touched by strangers.  So when we see her we just ignore her and she usually sniffs us but doesn't want us to pet her.

Yesterday they came up to spend the day with us and we went to the beach where the dogs could run and play.

Booker was SO EXCITED.  He absolutely loved having a new doggie friend.  She was less impressed.  He tried everything to get her to play, and she would some but then would get nervous.  She even snapped at him a couple of times and guess what?  He did not take the hint.  

She was much more comfortable with Sisko's calm and laid back energy.

She also is not as comfortable in the water, so she really wanted to follow them in, but was scared.

 I think it was a good learning experience for both of them.  She got to spend time with a well adjusted dog and also with an unruly puppy.  Booker got to learn from a dog who is not laid back and he was corrected by being snapped at without it triggering him.

Sisko also let her snap at Booker without intervening.  So it was a successful play date.

And we humans had a good time, too!