This weekend I have been hosting the odd couple. Katie, a young female German Shepherd, has been visiting me and Prime Rib (aka PR), my little gray male rabbit. It is an understatement to say that Katie is utterly fascinated by PR—she just can’t take her eyes off of him.
Sometimes she will put her nose right up against the cage and sometimes she will watch him from a short distance away, but she is always watching him. She particularly seems to like to follow him as he moves about in the cage.
PR pretty much ignores Katie and doesn’t seem to be bothered at all by her presence, even when she is only inches away from him. I have tried to keep an eye on the two of them to see if Katie displays any aggression or if PR shows an signs of fear or anxiety, but so far things seem to be working out ok—I think I am the only one showing signs of being a little anxious.
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Too cute! And your visitor, Katie, is absolutely beautiful! As well is PR, of course. 🙂
Thanks. Katie is about a year and a half old and is quite striking and big (about 70 pounds or so). She looks like she can be ferocious, but is pretty sweet.
Cute couple 🙂
Katie might think PR would make a great toy. My son’s shepherd is about the same age and all he wants to do is play.
Katie plays well with small dogs, but I fear that Katie would be a bit too rough. One of my Facebook friends posted a photo of one of her dogs with her rabbit. She introduced them through a cage, then on leash, and now without barriers, but always supervised. I am not sure that I’m willing to try that process. 🙂