Finally Friends

I love this picture! Kayleigh with her tongue sticking out and Peder with his entire face all wrinkled up. Both of them making faces, both of them looking so totally cute! They are just totally adorable together when they're in this kind of mood.

Materials:

• Cardstock: Club Scrap Color in Black and White
• Patterned paper: Basic Grey Scarlet's Letter
• Font: CK Marissa, Palatino Linotype and Bradley Hand iTC
• Ink: Colorbox Pigment Brush Pad Black
• Stencil: Club Scrap

Journaling:

• English version:
  Peder and Kayleigh hasn't always been such good friends. Both have strong wills and since Peder is used to a sheep dog who is very focused on and sensitive to it's owner's mood, he hasn't always know how to communicate with kayleigh - who has her own opinion about everything and doesn't take being yelled at without answering back.
  Even when she was a tiny puppy they had major conflicts (about socks for instance) and Peder's yelling and trying to get them from her using force made Kayleigh see red - and it sounded like they were close to killing each other at times.
  Several times Peder threatened to get her put down if she didn't start acting better...! And it didn't help that she in her first year - at lest - constantly was hyper active, always needed to be activated, chewed on people's fingers and toes all the time - and didn't want to settle down and relax when we had company.
  But now Kayleigh is about 1 ½ years old and she has become a different dog. Much more calm and easy. Still spoiled and with her own strong will and opiniong about things - but easier... Softer ... Nicer...
  And along with that Peder has learned to talk to her - that you can't treat her the same way as a sheep dog and that - by advice of our vet - is more about tricking her away from stuff she's not allowed to do than trying to take stuff away from her using force or physicly removing her from places she's not allowed to be (couches, tables, beds...).
  All this means that they have become much better to communicate with each other - as is clearly evident in the picture...!
• Danish version:
  Peder og Kayleigh har ikke altid været lige gode venner. De har to stærke viljer og da Peder er vant til en hyrdehund, der er meget fokuseret på og følsom for dens ejers humør, har han ikke altid forstået at kommunikere med Kayleigh – der har sin egen mening om alt og ikke finder sig i at blive skældt ud uden at svare igen.
  Selv da hun var en lillebitte hvalp, havde de kæmpe sammenstød (over sokker fx) og Peders skælden ud og forsøg på at tage dem fra hende med magt, fik Kayleigh til at se fuldstændig rødt – og det lød som om de var ved at slå hinanden ihjel til tider. Peder truede flere gange med at hvis hun ikke opførte sig bedre, ville han få hende aflivet…! Det hjalp heller ikke, at hun i – i hvert fald – sit første år generelt bare var hyper-aktiv, altid skulle aktiveres, tyggede på folks fingre og tæer konstant – og ikke ville falde til ro, når der var gæster.
  Men nu er Kayleigh blevet omkring 1½ år og hun er blevet en helt anden hund. Meget roligere og nemmere. Stadig forkælet og stadig med sin egen stærke vilje og mening om tingene – men bare nemmere… Blidere… Rarere. Og samtidig med det har Peder også lært at tale med hende – lært at hun ikke skal tages på samme måde som en hyrdehund og at det – efter råd fra dyrlægen – handler mere om at lokke hende fra det, hun ikke må, end det gør om forsøge at tage noget fra hende med magt eller fysisk fjerne hende fra steder hun ikke må være (sofaer, borde, senge…). Alt dette har betydet at de er blevet meget bedre til at kommunikere – som det tydeligt ses på billedet…!