Sibling Rivalry

No, the new baby hasn't arrived yet. I'm still just talking about Austen and Adler. These two are either friends or foes on any given day, mostly depending on Austen's mood. The other day Austen was mad at Adler because she was laying down behind him and he turned around quickly and happened to trip over her. That brought on a few tears. Not her fault, I thought. On another occasion, Adler was cowering from a fly that had gotten into our house. For some reason she decided that Austen's room was a safe haven from the fly and decided to hide out in there. Well, that was until it was time for Austen to go to bed and he demanded that she get out! Not so nice! Another day, we had given Austen a nicely frosted holiday (Halloween) cookie and Tom and I turned around for one minute after giving this to Austen before we heard screaming and crying (Austen). It took us a minute before we found Adler gobbling down Austen's cookie. Since they are the same height, I'm guessing it was hard for Adler to resist snagging the cookie since she didn't get one. She probably deserved the thumping she got on her nose compliments of Austen even though I don't condone anyone touching my dog in that way! Austen and Adler also like to play. Austen will throw toys to Adler and Adler will play keep away with the toy and revel in Austen chasing her around the furniture. Well, one day Austen made the mistake of throwing a toy straight up above his head for Adler instead of out. Unfortunately, to retrieve the toy, Adler had to jump up over Austen. The result - more tears, a nice big scratch on Austen's face from Adler and Adler licking the heck out of Austen. Her way of saying sorry, perhaps? There are sweet times between the two of them too. Austen often says goodbye to Adler when he leaves the house. He gives her all of his "yucky" vegetables and he can be found sharing his toys with her too. But he still doesn't permit her to be in his room at night when he's going to sleep. Here's a video of them playing together nicely...well, until the end.