arlin chester and kai at target 2008-01-13, originally uploaded by Phil Youngholm.

Kai is extremely good and patient with his obnoxious new housemate. When Chester wants to play, he runs up to Kai, grabs a mouthful of Kai’s cheek, and pulls. If Kai doesn’t feel like playing, he just tries to ignore this, but Chester is very hard to ignore, so eventually Kai gives in and starts to play. Their favorite toy is a bald tennis ball, whose cover Kai chewed off long ago, and which makes disgusting squishing sounds when they mouth it. One dog holds the ball, while the other dog wrestles him for it. Kai often intentionally lets Chester have the ball. I’ve seen him literally drop the ball into Chester’s open mouth from his own mouth.