En route to the park on the hill, we were about to cross the carpark behind our block when we bumped into Donna’s mother, Dior. When I say this, most people probably think the dogs will greet each other with joy but no. Alas, somewhere in their common history at the shelter, the two dogs develop an antagonistic relationship. Today, Donna snarled at her mother on sight. Dior’s human had to pull her back too. We couldn’t even have a conversation with the two dogs leaping around brandishing invisible doggy light sabers at each other, probably.

And I wonder every time, is there anything we can do to start getting the dogs to tolerate each other so that the relationship improves over time?

Note: I would like to amend that we met Dior twice. The first time Donna was interested because she clearly recognised Dior but she did not behave aggressively until Dior growled at her. She was aggressive the second time they met.