Dog Park Friends AKA C*ckblocking Our Puppy

We took the Tuckmeister to the local dog park the other day to give him an opportunity to run around like an absolute maniac.

He loves doing that... give him some open space and he will "tucker" himself out by running around and around and around.

Give him another dog to run around with and blammo... instant happiness!

We pulled into the lot and saw that there was a cute dog about twice Tucker's height just lying in the shade waiting for a friend while his owners were sitting on a nearby bench.

Tucker got his bearings... stretched out a bit and then went to make a new friend (He definitely takes after his dad with this characteristic.)

Rusty was HER name and the two of them romped and flopped and licked and wrestled and pounced.

It was about 10 mintues later that I realized that our dear sweet 7 month year old boy puppy had learned the hip thrusting motion that so many dogs are fond of.

He kept trying to mount poor Rusty and Rusty would throw him off. It was cute as Tucker never got high enough. In fact, it might even be argued that he was just wrestling poor Rusty... but I am wary of that explanation.

Tucker would keep wrestling and followed Rusty all around the gym -- reminding me of my junior year in high school and Maribel. The one difference is that I never humped her without her permission.

Even though it was pretty funny and we learned from Rusty's owners that she was altered, it was beginning to make us feel uncomfortable... as it would you if someone that was in your charge would try to stick something of theirs into a hole of someone else's charge.

I put the leash on the cute monster and walked him away...

He hasn't spoken to me since... sorry Tucker... I would fail as Wingman...