Playdate with Tegan

After a weekend of running around for dog stuff, -I'm not surprised to know we used a whole tank of gas running back and forth!- it was nice to have an afternoon with Tegan, and her people David and Sheila. We brought the whole crew over to their fenced in acreage. Migo, DimSum and Lemon ran around with Tegan like a pack of young dogs, Beckett lounged out in the shade grateful for some quiet time, and Zephyr and Jasmine went exploring in the bushes for awhile. Jasmine was quite content, Zephyr not so much once he found out he wasn't allowed inside! Zephyr is really an indoor dog. He'd make a faublous apartment dog. Lounge outdoors, yeah right, where's the couch!

DimSum had a meet+greet this morning. She was very hesitant, even when the McDonalds came out. We're doing a second meet+greet to get to the dogs acquainted, so we'll she if she progresses any. She however, did super well with David and Sheila. Part of it was most likely having the big pack around, but a different energy too. The people for the meet+greet had good energy, David and Sheila just have a very calm prescence about them. I think what worked best for DimSum was that she wasn't verbally engaged with much. So she moved to curious faster.

Migo did well too. He is getting good about not guarding his toys. He is allowed to do a warning behaviour -hey, I'm playing with this-, such as the low growl or small air snap. If he goes bigger than that, he is corrected. He still has the want to hoard his toys though, so its important not to let him sit with a toy for too long. He's also proving not to be as high energy as people think. After a half hour playdate with 'the pack' he lay down on the grass and hung out for awhile. He'd be an awesome condo dog to take to a dog park, and go home and just hang out with. Actually, I think he'd almost be better without a yard -the walks will do him better than running around in a yard ever could-.

And here are some pictures from the day:

Migo calm and tired after a half hour play session.

Photogenic Migo

Watch Mi....Go!!!!

After the toy.

Jasmine blending in. She enjoyed her time :)

DimSum getting to know Sheila, while Lemon plays lapdog with David.

Lemon

Migo and Tegan between play bouts.

Tegan: "It's like having a birthday party!"

Beckett ambling. He was glad the puppies wore each other out instead of him.

DimSum looking a little bit like Simba on pride rock, but instead, its "The Stump"

Happy Migo practicing his sit.

Tegan of the LONG, LONG tail.

Pooped out Migo.

Sheila brings out the hotdogs! SWARM!

Everybody wants some hotdogs!

And a video!!
Even shyer dog DimSum is all over Sheila!