I am so excited and so proud of my Oreo! She’s been going to the dog park for almost a year now, and Tessa the pup has been here for about 7 months. Both dogs really look forward to walks in the park, they get so excited and really perk up.

Oreo is 9 years old and really been slowing down in the past few years. Well yesterday and today at the park she was doing her thing, trotting around with her tail up when a little white dog came racing up and taunted her a bit, then ran off… and Oreo chased after it. We haven’t seen her run that fast in years! She did it again today, with the same dog. (Dad says maybe she thinks it’s a sheep? lol)

And then, to stun us even more, Tess and Oreo started playing! And not just the normal growl-and-chase that they do back and forth in the house… they were play-wrestling! My dog is a border collie and has NEVER played like that with any dog before, ever. But she was jumping up, shouldering, they were “biting” at each other’s necks, running around… they ran into dad twice, nearly knocked him on the ground. (That was Tessa’s fault - she’s like a truck when she hits).

I just had a huge grin on my face. Oreo acts like a pup again! (She’s also lost nearly 10 lbs since Tess showed up!)