I have the best dog!

So Delanah has been in love with Bailey since the moment she noticed her. Since the crawling began 2 weeks ago poor Bay has been chased around our first floor more times than I can count. She's such a good sport! I do step in and give her a break, but Delanah is fast!!! Now, Bailey isn't completely innocent in all of this...if there has been a long period of time when Delanah's attention in elsewhere, Bay has been known to seek her out :) Bay is there to greet Delanah in the mornings and after naps, kissing her hand as Delanah reached through her crib to her. She is concerned when Delanah cries and tries her best to comfort her. When we take walks Delanah will periodically call out to her and reach out her hand and Bay will turn and give her a kiss. She's just an awesome dog.
Delanah has really been pushing the envelope with feeding Bay. During snack time Delanah tries her hardest to share with Bailey. I am not okay with that and Bay, awesome dog that she is, keeps her distance. During meals Bay is not allowed in the room, not so much because of begging, but because when Delanah can hear or see Bailey, all of the sudden a lot of her meal goes over the side of her high chair tray to the dog. Oye! She loves that dog!
Tonight was another first. Delanah was playing under the stairs, Bay was eating her dinner and I was in the living room. As long as I could hear Delanah playing and Bay eating, I knew things were good. I could still hear the food noises (kibble hitting the side of the her metal bowl), but realized I could no longer hear Delanah playing. I assumed that she was on the prowl and stalking Bay again; she figured out almost as soon as she started crawling, that she has almost unlimited access to petting Bay while she was eating. So as I round the corner, there's Bay, looking very forlorn and pacing, and there is Delanah, sitting next to Bailey's bowl and surrounded by dog kibble. My darling daughter had booted Bay from her dinner and was grabbing food from the blown and placing it on the floor.
I am so proud of Bailey! We were waiting for this day. Delanah is her mothers daughter and I apparently used to boot our dog from her bowl to play in her food as well. Now, I trust Bailey, as much as I trust any dog, but she is still a dog and should not be left alone with Delanah. Bay proved her wonderful demeanor again tonight when she merely stepped aside and waited patiently for someone to come and rescue her dinner for her. As soon as I scooped Delanah up Bay gave a grateful look and went back to her dinner. When she was done, she came over for some cuddles from myself and give kisses to Delanah. What a great dog we have!