So, for three weeks, Oliver has been hating Bert. His freak out reactions gradually decreased little by little, but even now he still growls and hisses at him.
Oliver used to drive us crazy because he would howl piteously as if abandoned even though we were in the room. Or, he would go into another room and begin the howling. All this time I’m thinking we are going to get evicted for noise.
Now, Bert and Oliver are playmates, chasing each other around. Well, actually, it’s Oliver doing the chasing. He follows Bert everywhere, sneaking up from behind or the side and attacking. They aren’t using claws and teeth, so it really is play even though it looks like dirty tactics. Oliver is quite the “sneaky snake.”
Now, he only howls when he can’t find Bert or someone (read Daddybird) has picked Bert up and thereby disrupted the play.
Neither has stopped for a nap, yet, so I don’t know how that will go. They have to stop sometime.
Bert has always been good about playing independently and entertaining himself. Oliver has always been high maintenance needing to be played with. This is how the game of fetch came about. I’m not sure how long Bert will put up with having to entertain Oliver. It will be interesting to watch.
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