melaniejane84
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My 11 week old puppy Toby is coming along in leaps and bounds and today I feel like a proud parent
He's not biting so much, he mostly stops destroying things when told to, he's learnt how to entertain himself with his toys when we're busy, and last night he slept through the night without needing to pee.
Sunday was his first big day out to the dog park. He met a tiny Chihuahua puppy, a staffie, and an old cokcer spaniel and behaved perfectly. He also encountered skateboards, loud kids and pushbikes, walked through mud (looooots of mud!) and did some recall training.
The whole day went great (luckily... no thanks to the owners of the Chihuahua. Is it just me, or was this really irresponsible? This puppy was barely any bigger than a gerbil, and he was very excited. The owner handed the leash over to, I assume, her son, who was about 8 years old, and he came over to socialize the puppy with Toby. The kid immediately dropped the leash and stood laughing while the puppy pawed and jumped at Toby. Toby just watched the Chihuahua, but he is a very big puppy and I wasn't sure how he was going to react. Does anyone else think maybe an adult should have been there to supervise their dog, rather than leaving it to a child?)
Anyway... ya, very pleased with Toby today, he's doing great, and I want to tell the world!
He's not biting so much, he mostly stops destroying things when told to, he's learnt how to entertain himself with his toys when we're busy, and last night he slept through the night without needing to pee.
Sunday was his first big day out to the dog park. He met a tiny Chihuahua puppy, a staffie, and an old cokcer spaniel and behaved perfectly. He also encountered skateboards, loud kids and pushbikes, walked through mud (looooots of mud!) and did some recall training.
The whole day went great (luckily... no thanks to the owners of the Chihuahua. Is it just me, or was this really irresponsible? This puppy was barely any bigger than a gerbil, and he was very excited. The owner handed the leash over to, I assume, her son, who was about 8 years old, and he came over to socialize the puppy with Toby. The kid immediately dropped the leash and stood laughing while the puppy pawed and jumped at Toby. Toby just watched the Chihuahua, but he is a very big puppy and I wasn't sure how he was going to react. Does anyone else think maybe an adult should have been there to supervise their dog, rather than leaving it to a child?)
Anyway... ya, very pleased with Toby today, he's doing great, and I want to tell the world!