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June 5, 2013

Eko’s New Old Friend

My brother James is five years older than I am.  That means I spent a large chunk of my childhood hanging out with kids who could (and usually did) knock me around whenever we played football or some other game.  Then, while these guys were away at work or college
My brother James is five years older than I am.  That means I spent a large chunk of my childhood hanging out with kids who could (and usually did) knock me around whenever we played football or some other game.  Then, while these guys were away at work or college for a while, I grew.  The next time everyone was home again I wanted to play football, but some of James’s friends were not so eager to line up against me anymore! As it turns out, the “I can’t believe how big you got!” phenomenon is not strictly for humans.  When Eko was just a few months old, one of his first playmates was Riley, my friend Rachel’s pup.  Riley towered over Eko and would playfully beat him up for hours on end. Eko loved every minute of it.  Rachel recently moved to Chicago and Riley and Eko were reunited yesterday.  Eko immediately bounded to Riley, but Riley was too shocked to play – her eyes clearly said “Whoa, you are a lot bigger than I remember!”  Riley recovered once she realized Eko had no plans to eat her.

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Eko and Riley – they may have swapped relative sizes, but they’re still great friends

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Riley is now a lot smaller relative to Eko.  Just to make sure he had the right friend, Eko gave Riley the sniff test

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It was quite a thorough examination but Riley didn’t seem to mind

If you are a new Chicago resident and want to know about the city’s best restaurants, mechanics, shopping or most other things, I’m not much help.  But if you are a new Chicago resident with a dog, Eko and I are the guys you want to talk to.  Rachel has a lot of moving to do and needed to tire Riley out beforehand.  Not a problem.  Eko and I introduced them to Montrose Dog Beach –  our favorite place in the city to play.

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As usual, Eko got what he wanted by resorting to thievery!

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On land or at sea, The Windy City Bandit will steal your fetch ball to ensure a good chase

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After an hour of chasing Eko up and down the beach to get her ball back Riley had accumulated her own body weight in sand.  The sure sign of a good time!

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Smiles all around for the new old friends!  (Hopefully the Ekocam got some good footage)

It was great to see Eko and Riley reunite.  I’m sure the two of them will have a blast together all summer.  Does your pet have a best pet-friend?

Comments for Eko’s New Old Friend

  1. Victoria says:

    Muffin’s best pet-friend is Rigby and vice-versa – they fight,play hard and basically are in separable more like siblings – you would think they would like quiet time away from each other but they are lost by themselves – we did foster a dog for 2 weeks (a real sweetheart of a dog) and she loved Rigby (he was not so thrilled) and Muffin loved to play w/her so a bit of a 3 way friendship- so i guess they do have a friend she just doesn’t get to visit now that she was adopted. We live way out in the country so we don’t get to go to dog parks (guess we could drive a ways to get to one but once i am home i just want to stay there w/family -dogs and son).

  2. aud says:

    What breed is your brother’s pooch?

  3. What fun!! I bet Riley was in complete shock! I sure wish we had a dog beach here, but alas, I don’t believe that we do.

  4. onebluedog says:

    Yay for new old friends! In that first beach picture the sand almost looks like snow 🙂

  5. Emmadog says:

    That is so fun! In Germany Katie used to run into old friends now and then. Mom said it was always fun to see how they remembered one another. I’m sure Eko will love having the new/old friend around!

  6. raisingdaisy says:

    Those are GREAT photos!! What a wonderful friendship Eko and Riley have. 😀

  7. Sage says:

    Nothing like getting re-acquainted with old friends! Sage considers the dogs across the street ‘her pack’, although when the Saint Bernard joined the family, she’s been a bit put off by the size.

  8. Zena says:

    Two very happy dogs. We took the big pup to the beach yesterday – that was interesting!

  9. It’s so sweet how dogs remember each other, even after such a long time. Those are two very, very happy looking dogs.

  10. Marcela says:

    Lol. Eko and Riley are both so gorgeous:) Alex’s best friends were a pit bull, Kingston, that stayed with us for 4 months, and Walter, an Australian Shepherd, that stays often with us.

  11. Amy says:

    I love the pictures at the beach! My Boston Terrier, Lucy, and I always hope to run into Eko at the Montrose dog beach whenever we get the chance to visit.

  12. VizslaLover says:

    I have a 10 month old Vizsla who looks just like Riley! Hobbes loves to romp and run at the dog beach here and his best friends to run with are the Great Danes!! He is sure he is just as big as they are and one of the gang!

  13. Boomdeeadda says:

    OMgosh, it’s like mini-me. What a little munchkin! Adorable.

  14. By the way, I like the new addition to your left sidebar. Nice.

  15. Misaki says:

    My bestie is Autumn, she’s a boxer and we have sooo much fun together 🙂

  16. That third picture is sweet 🙂 they certainly look comfortable with each other 🙂

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