At that point, the two remaining puppies were relentless in their desire to play with Skylar, our red adult Dobie boy, who was mostly a good sport and put up with them.
Here Skylar is wrestling with Lily, do you see how he is holding her down with his right front leg? Of course, Princess wants to be part of the game, too.
Lily found a way to free herself from Skylar’s grip.
The two pups also enjoyed playing with each other…
…but somehow bugging Skylar was even more fun.
Often all three dogs loved involving their humans into their play as well. Yes, these are famous Doberman teeth!
Sometimes it pays off to hide between the legs of the master.
But not for too long and then it was on with the game with Skylar again. And when one puppy was playing with Skylar the second one wasn’t too far away…
…and most often ready to join the action.
Lily proudly claiming a garden chair.
Skylar trying to discipline Lily,
…which worked for a moment: She is rolling on her back and showing her belly in submission towards him.
Little Lily practicing the “Doberman attitude”.
Lily: “You don’t want to play with me anymore?”
Lily: “Hah, I know there was a way to get you engaged again.”
But sometimes even the puppies had enough from their play and climbed on their master’s warm legs to rest and relax.
Or, for even more comfort they climbed on top of each other on their master’s legs and exhaustedly fell a sleep.
Princess, on the left and Lily, on the right being alert.
Lily: “Can I have your toy?”
Lily: “Heh, didn’t you hear me, can I have your toy?”
For my husband and me, these last days were bittersweet since we finally had made our decision which puppy to keep and we knew it was only a matter of time until we had to let go of the second puppy.
In the end, we choose Lily to stay with us. It was incredibly hard to make a pick between her and Princess since we loved them both so much and they were very good puppies.
Lily had a slightly lower energy level than Princess, which we preferred and also seemed to be the most confident puppy out of the three, which indicated that she could become a good balancing companion for our a somewhat anxious boy Skylar. It also looked like Lily felt emotionally more drawn to me whereas Princess seem to prefer my husband. Since Skylar is already “my husband’s boy” we hoped that Lily would pick me as her primary “go-to human”.
