best friends for life...

Angie and Saffi... Saffi and Angie... 

one is a 2,5-year-old American Staffordshire Bull Terrier girl... the other is my lovely 8-month-old German Shepherd Dog, also a girl...

I have never seen two dogs that would love each other so much...

I remember the first time my friends came over with Saffi... Angie was a tiny, 8-week-old puppy and Saffi was a proper, big, grown up dog... 

Even before we got Angie, every time Saffi had come over, she would ecstatically run into the house bumping into everything and everyone that was on her way... she would run around the house like mad, then run out to the garden, then get back into the house again running around in circles like crazy... so funny...

So, that day when my friends came over was not any different... the moment I opened the front door, all I saw was Saffi speeding through the living-room... then I heard Angie squeaking and crying her eyes out... she got so scared of Saffi that she ran away and hid under a chair... every time Saffi wanted to get closer, Angie would cry louder and louder and hide deeper and deeper... she was horrified...

Angie was sitting under the chair for a long time and did not want to get out of there at all... and I did not want to drag her out of there and force her to face something she clearly was not ready to face on her own... so we just left her be and waited for something to happen... it took Angie over one hour to finally get used to the fact that this huge monster, Saffi, was not really a monster and that she would not hurt her in any way... after a while, Angie became very interested in this really big dog... still uncertain, she started slowly getting out from under the chair... you could tell she wasn't very convinced she was safe, she moved very slowly and with hesitation... the moment Saffi moved towards her, Angie would back up under the chair again... after a while, Saffi became bored with playing hide and seek with a silly puppy and simply stretched out on the floor... only then Angie finally found the courage to get out from under the chair and approach this huge stranger... it took her about 3 minutes to completely fall in love with Saffi... she was jumping all over her, chewing her ears and tail... Saffi, on the other hand, was so gentle, carying and, most of all, understanding and patient... Angie could do anything with her and to her... she could bite her, pull her ears and tail, bark into her ears - Saffi was very tolerant and relaxed... they were so cute together...

Several months have passed by and they became the best friends dogs... they really love each other... they go for walks together, play with each other for hours... they eat and drink from the same bowl... together, they wait for treats and biscuits... 

they wrestle with each other and fight playfully and gently... they chew on the same wooden poles and sticks pulling and dragging them together for hours...

they even sleep together...

they really make me laugh... best friends for life :)