cadence was quite happy to receive her very first belly scratch from odin. she and he enjoyed the quality time immensely and hopefully she’ll remember the good times in the future when i’m certain on more than once occasion he’ll test several theories on the responses to tail and ear pulling.

while berners are generally considered to be great kid companions, up until today cadence has been a little more aloof around odin compared to the mauja our hyperattentive malamute ( and to be fair, at least as far a mauja is concerned everyone is a little aloof around odin. except him, of course. ), i suspect that discovering that the wee one might be willing to dole out stomach scratches is going to serve as the catalyst for developing new dimensions to their relationship.