Therepy Dog Winston <3

My family is amist some very trying times right now, and in attempt to help my aunt out we offered for their youngest, Dani, to stay the weekend with us. She spent the weekend playing with all of the dogs and hanging out. I was delighted to see how Winston took to the situation. Like i've said before he isn't a very social or overly friendly dog. He is sort of a loner and likes his space. Well, all of that went right out the window this weekend. He was glued to Dani. He followed her EVERYWHERE. Had to sleep at her feet, or on top of her.



He still worked for me and made a point to "check on" me, but it was very obvious to me that his priority this weekend was Dani. The first night he slept half way between us, at the bottom of the stairs that led to her room. The next day, he was laying on the couch with her when a friend of my mom's boyfriends came inside. Winston about had a cow. This man has been around for two years at least once a week. Winston leaped off of the couch barking at him. Obviously I ended the behavior and put him in a "down/stay" back on the couch. It didn't alarm me until I noticed that the ENTIRE night Winston insisted on following this man's EVERY LAST MOVE. Even if it was just with his eyes, he didn't let him out of his sight. He promptly laid on top of Dani and held her down.

I've had Winston for four years now (almost five) and I have never seen him bond with someone like this. It is truly amazing. Dani is going through a lot right now and although she isn't showing it to us, I think Winston can sense the toll it is taking on her.