Juniper Friday! Coordinated Accessories

Juniper, a dog, chews on a toy the color of her darker fur, while Barley, also a dog, chews on a different toy that matche her lighter fur.

This is a photo from the very earliest days of Barley and Juniper getting to know one another. The baby blue harness is a tell that this photo was taken during the initial foster period, before we had even committed to keeping Barley indefinitely. This would have been around day four or five, at which point Barley wasn’t trying to play hard with Juniper all the time, and was instead increasingly comfortable merely sharing space with her. There was still a competitive streak, however: During the course of a 30-minute session of chewing on these toys, each dog took the toy from the other dog (resulting in a clan swap) three or four times, and it just so happens that the photo was taken while their fur matched the toys.