Friends?

This was another of those in-between days. I am good at appreciating the small happy things in them, though, like playing with a new elk chew, or walkies with Nellie.

It's just... Nellie is very often in "guard" mode nowadays. She marks everyone and everything as hers, not letting me have anything, including my own mum and my house. I don't understand it. I back away, but she still goes on and on. I just want to play chase like we used to do. Any ideas?