Day 43

Ok first thing before puppy stuff... I have to brag and congratulate Susan and "Cricket" on earning their Canine Good Neighbour (CGN) and CKC Rally Novice (RN) titles this weekend at the Lethbridge Dog show.  Cricket was High in Class with a score of 99 and her other legs were earned with wonderful scores of 97 and 92.  What a great team!  (Cricket is out of Ace and Spryte from last year's litter)

The puppies had another field trip yesterday.  We took them to two different houses back to back.  The first house had 6 adults and 3 dogs. It was loud and busy with lots of laughing, talking, the tv blaring etc.  In fact it was so loud I was having trouble focusing on the conversations around me.  The puppies didn't mind the noise or all the extra attention. It was also the first time the puppies met another dog.  The family has 2 dachshunds and 1 malamute X.  The malamute and one of the Dachshunds wanted nothing to do with the puppies. But one of the Dachshunds thought they were very interesting and kept running around the pen trying to play with them.  The girl wanted nothing to do with this and mostly sat in the middle and watched.  The boy thought it was great fun and would play bow, madly wagging his tail and then run around the pen chasing the Dachshund.  It was funny to watch.  The boy so badly wanted to play with this new friend.

boy and Dachshund

 

After about an hour at the first house we packed  up the puppies and headed down the street to another friend's house. Here there were two adults and one Puli.  We once again set up our xpen with blankets and toys and let the puppies loose.  This time the Puli was the one circling the pen.  However, she was more interested in stealing the puppies toys than actually playing with them.  The puppies watched her with great curiosity.  She sure didn't look like a dog to them and they really didn't know what to make of her.  After several minutes of observing and the Puli trying to steal toys, the boy finally decided she was a playmate too and started the same play bow/wagging ritual.  The girl once again wanted nothing to do with the non-sheltie.  After about a half hour more of running and playing both puppies passed out with exhaustion.  They slept in their pen for the next few hours while we visited and watched the hockey game (or rather while everyone else watched while I slept :).  At the end of the night we packed them back into their kennel, got into a cold car and drove home.  Another successful night of socializing under our belts.

 

the Puli coveting the puppy toys

 

Here are some pics from today.  Mostly blurry. I really need to learn how to use my camera better. With all the puppy action it's now difficult to get clear pictures!  And a video from today.  I found an animated ball that I have and put it in the puppy room for the first time today.  It wiggles and twitches and the puppies had no idea what to do with it.  It was priceless to watch!

 





Spryte trying to get a game going with the boy

 

Spryte ready to pounce on the puppies

 

the girl pulling the boy's tail

girl

Spryte and the boy playing