It begins in a crescendo of triumph. After pawing Penny’s head down, our would-be-victor jumps on her back
“I AM THE MOST POWERFUL DOG IN THE WORLD!” he roars triumphantly
There, in the instant between two shutter clicks of my camera, the pup realizes Penny not going down to the sand. She’s rising up to meet him.
“Wait, let’s talk about this!” he says.
“Hey, hey, hey, why don’t you just let me go?” he continues.
“Happy to.” Penny replies
The face of a dog who will never make that mistake again!
We later learned this playful lab is named Dexter. He’s a big sweetheart and he’s a new addition to a daycare group we regularly see at the beach. He and Penny have a great time chasing each other whenever we see him, but these days he sticks to playing tag.
Dogs, like people, make mistakes. But it also turns out that dogs, like people, know that Penny is quite outside of her mind.
Not out of her mind, just a girl who knows it’s not nice trying to pick on girls. Aw Penny…you’re my hero!
Penny definitely knows how to stand her ground! Its great seeing her have fun with someone who can match her wit, cunning, strength and tenacity. Eko trained her well
too cute – you guys are making all kinds of new friends – that will keep you and Penny greatly amused! Good for you
she is the queen bee of the beach and the queen of our hearts (but not that queen of hearts from alice lol)… imagine when penny would meet easy… then we probably all better wear helmets and look for shelter :O)
that last photo of his face just made my day hahaha
She’s not “Penny, the Pampered Princess”.
Ha!!!! I think that is just one of many reasons I love Penny. I am quite “outside of MY mind” too 😉
Never, ever, judge a package by it’s size. Penny is proof positive of that. Oh, how I wish you lived on the west coast. Khoi and Penny would be such a pair. We could bet on which one would tire first.
Bwahaha love it
oh my gosh that was hilarious! To have seen that and known what was going to unfold now that would have been super funny. Good to see the two of you having fun and I can see the smile on your face taking these pics and writing this blog. Baby steps xo
Living with two crazies, I totally understand that poor fellow’s shock! Size isn’t the key, it is the temperament. Nice she found another pal after leveling him off a bit! Priceless expressions. Mom says, without the camera watching dogs play would only be half the fun. She loves photographing dogs in motion and sometimes is totally surprised at what she gets on film, or should we say the SD card.
Go Penny go
I would love sometimes to be without this… I call my female “the boss”… most of the dogs run off scared, and she just wants to play. Ok, and be the boss.
RRs just love to play rough
Definitely PRICELESS!! Oh that was a great photo!!! Have a Happy Thanksgiving! 🙂
What incredible action shots……from the beginning exploratory attempted domination, to the final realization that Penny truly CAN hold her ground and be a force to be reckoned with!!
Pam
Oh yeah, P. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. One by one you can take them all down.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
Terrific pictures, Will. Have a happy Holiday.
I love this little boy’s face! “Umm, I’ll call you later. My dad’s calling me.” Thanks for the giggle. My boys are killing each other at the moment, so we’ll see you around the turkey table.
Love and roars, Jo, Sam and Dean
Too funny! My Chi-Chi girl is pretty much the same – don’t mess with her cuz she’ll be all over it! She’s def not a push over. She’ll play just as rough & I’d love to have her & Penny rough-house. We know they’re no pushover! Thanks’ for sharing. I know you can imagine Eko being there, just in case….just in case! But, Penny CAN take care of herself. And, Eko’s smiling from above – thinking, that’s our girl!
The look on Dexter’s face in the 3rd photo is priceless. Thanks for a great laugh this morning. Gotta love our Penny!
Your Penny is like my little Olive. She is truly a bad a$$! At 78 pounds, she can take on ANY dog, and she does. We think she is such a tough little nut because when we got her at 8 weeks, we pretty much turned her loose with Kimba, our other ridgie, who was only one at the time. Kimba wrestled with her, tossed her smashed her, pummelled her, and generally had her way with her. To survive, Olive had to develop strong skills. She is fierce. And goofy. ; )
That a girl penny you tell those boys
Great story mine rough plays at times
Great photos.