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singapore dogs - mongrel and schnauzer

Donna has a few friends in the neighbourhood that she likes to play with. The trouble is, we don’t actually bump into these friends very often simply because the dogs get walked at different times by grandparents, by domestic helpers, by working humans, etc, etc.

singapore dogs - mongrel and schnauzer

Donna generally would love to approach any dog but I sometimes have to rein her in because some small dogs are very vocal about the mongrel and I have no idea whether these small dogs are just barking for joy or barking a warning.

Lassie the Schnauzer is a quiet dog that tenses and stands very still whenever Donna and I chance to walk past. We’ve chatted somewhat, but because the schnuazer usually seems so tense, Donna only gets a passing sniff of the schnauzer as we hurry past.

At first I thought this was inevitable, since my previous experience with senior dogs was that they just didn’t like to play with Donna. And yes, Lassie the Schnauzer is a senior dog about 10-years-old.

singapore dogs - mongrel and schnauzer

So imagine my surprise when the third time we encountered this particular senior Schnauzer, he seemed to have lost some of his tenseness. In fact, he became downright friendly and playful after a while.

And once they started, they didn’t seem to want to stop! :D

singapore dogs - mongrel and schnauzer

Here are photos of them playing and wrestling around. ; ) I can only assume that the small space may have influence they play behaviour to focus on wrestling rather than chasing each other around in wide arcs (which is something that Donna likes to do.)

singapore dogs - mongrel and schnauzer

I personally think Lassie the Schnauzer looks very debonair with his fringe over one eye. Donna just looks silly with all her weird and funny facial expressions caught in the action shots. :P

with 2 Brown Dawgs
and Heart Like a Dog.

I normally try to avoid posting very blurred photos. Unfortunately, I don’t have any good photos from this tennis ball fetch session. So… showing you the opposite of the pictures I usually post today.

When your pictures are lacking, group them together so it looks like you intended them to work that way!!!! :D *shhhhhh…..! That’s my lame blogging tip of the day!!*

Anyway, I present to you the long corridor that is the spine of our flat and the highway of our dog’s dash and fetch games.

And the rest of the floor where she sprawls about nom, nom, nom on her saliva-smothered tennis ball.

Can dogs play with tennis balls?

Yes, modern tennis balls “use a safe dye that will not cause harm to dogs”.

But be aware that tennis balls have an abrasive texture that can wear down the teeth of compulsive chewers. Therefore, tennis balls are great for a game of fetch or chuck it but are certainly not chew toys.

They can become choking hazards when broken into pieces that can be swallowed. And in the case of bigger dogs with strong jaws that can compress a tennis ball, the ball could “pop open in the back of the throat and cut off the dog’s air supply”.

If the tennis ball is smaller than your dog’s head, you probably should not give it to him as a toy.

So no more rolling around the floor with the tennis ball in your mouth Donna!

Sources:
– Pet subjects: Are tennis balls bad for dogs?
– There are worse things for dogs than chewing tennis balls
– Are Tennis Balls a Dangerous Toy for Dogs?