Friends at the Kennel

Meet Buckeye and Simon (hi Buckeye! hi Simon!). Both of them were here at the kennel for the first time recently. At first, Simon was anxious. After a couple of days, I spent some time alone with him outside to try to get him to settle down. He responded by picking up a tennis ball and looking at me. I responded by bringing out Buckeye. The two became instant friends.

From then on out, Simon was no longer anxious. He enthusiastically went inside to his kennel run and bounded out when it was time to play and be outside. Buckeye had that effect on more than a couple of dogs. His easy going nature seemed to relax them as if to say, "Hey, we're here, might as well have fun."

Isn't that what a good friendship does, whether our lives are difficult or gliding along more easily? "We're here, might as well have fun."