For the last six months a couple have been trying to discipline their puppy 'Hadrian'.
He is not allowed to play very much.
Instead he is taught to respond to a whistle, run from one person to the next and is constantly being bribed with food. He must be obedient.
When Hadrian sees you on the beach he makes his bid for freedom. He runs headlong away from his owners, eyes wide, drooling, tail wagging.
Hadrian then leaps around you, wanting to play fight, to chew, to be roughed-up.
The owners are not happy about this. The man peevishly remarked, "He loves you..."
Yet, Hadrian is a puppy. Playing is what puppies do. It is in his nature to be like this. The harder they try to change him, the more desperate Hadrian is to run off and play.
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