Roxy and Chester

Roxy, my farm pup, is a great big dog personality in a little tiny, prissy white dog body:

Chester, my donkey, is a pushy, alpha male donkey personality in a smaller, compact, feisty donkey body:

Roxy is a smart girl and is extremely wary of the big animals. It's interesting to watch her around them because she always 1) maintains her distance and 2) uses classic non-threatening body language (averting her eyes, turning her body away) when she is in close proximity to them, even when certain bigger, pushier animals are trying to get her attention:

"Hey, you...little DOG!":

No matter what amount of noise or snuffling Chester makes, Roxy will NOT look:

Chester tries to get closer, but Roxy is suddenly fascinated with the ground: "Hmmm....now this is an interesting dirt smell...":

Nope, not gonna look:

Chester can't quite figure out why she won't interact with him:

So the big boy tries a new technique:

This is his classic "scratch my butt" maneuver, used to win over the most die-hard donkey-resistant folks. Still not working, though:

Chester looks to me for help. "Does she really not know I'm here?":

So now they both pretend not to care:

On the other side of the fence, things appear pretty much the same:

Clearly, we're at a bit of an impasse:

Beau, my gray donkey, can't take this ridiculous situation any longer and comes up to talk some sense into Chester:

Apparently it works, because they both suddenly decide they'll benefit more from some cute carrot-begging:

I mean, who can resist faces like these?:

I know I can't:

Roxy, however...

...continues to feign complete disinterest:

I could watch these guys for hours - can you tell that I sometimes do?