Tortoise and the Dog

Our family owns a pretty mild mannered border collie mix. We I first got my tortoise I was very reluctant to let the dog anywhere near my tortoise, not because I thought our dog might hurt it, but I thought the tortoise might be traumatized. I have recently been letting them interact under supervision and our dog just seems to want to watch it and occasionally go up and sniff it. The tortoise doesn't even seem frightened. I never let the dog get too close for too long a time though. The dog even seems to lose interest in the tortoise after a while. No that I would recommend everyone to let their dog near a tortoise unless you are sure they will be ok together.