Playing

[Andie Reid]

When we first brought Steamboat home, Tugboat thought he was the coolest 
toy we'd ever brought him. They just played and played and played all 
the time. Now that they're older, however, they just don't play together 
very much. They're still very fond of each other - never a harsh word 
between them, no sulking, they snuggle a lot, and like each others' 
company, but they don't jump and run and wrestle and play like they used 
to. We can take them to the neighbors', and they'll play with Maggie the 
lab, but even over there, they each play with her, and not with each other.

Has anyone else noticed this with "sibling" dogs? Does anyone have any 
ideas of how to encourage them to play together?

Andie and Tugboat and Steamboat the bored
Wilmington, NC