Man's Best Friend

or in this case, little boy's best friend....

Unfortunately I don't think the feelings are mutual. While Suesse may not love Gunnar as much as he loves her, she tolerates him and is protective of him. She lets Gunnar pull her hair, rearrange her face, lay on top of her, take her bones and toys away, hold her face and she lets him yell right in her ears. On rare occasion we will even see her snuggle with him on the dog pillow...Gunnar loves to lay on the dog pillow and they are pretty good at sharing their food with each other. Gunnar likes her dog food (icky) and she loves that he shares his snacks and dinner with her. Suesse only growls at him when she is really being hurt and I am sure she will appreciate when Gunnar has mastered petting her gently (he knows how to do this, he just chooses to not always practice gentle touches). She has never snapped at him, and he really does push her luck with her. She is a very good dog.
But....Suesse does something else. This is a recent development and I am not sure what is up. This last week she has gone in his room and pooped twice. Suesse has only pooped in the house two other times, once when we first brought her home from the pound and it was the instant we walked in the door and she was very sick. House training her was easy and we never had to deal with poop again after the first time, just the pee. Then our dog-sitting fell through when we had an overnight trip planned and she couldn't hang on about 6 months ago....she somehow managed to get in Gunnar's crib and poop like 100 times in there (it was a nightmare). But those have been her only two pooping accidents in the 4 years we have had her...until this past week. Not sure why she chooses Gunnar's room to do this, but I have this strange feeling she is getting back at him for all the torturing he does to her...YUCK!