Puppy Kindergarten

Yes. There is a such thing as puppy kindergarten and yes, Coco is enrolled in one. Today was the first day of her class. The main goal is to teach the puppy correct socialization habits. The class was split up into small breeds and large breed dogs. In the small breeds section Coco was able to play with 2 havaneses, a maltipoo, and a chihuahua. It turns out she became very timid around all the other dogs and didn't want to play with any of them. :( She became my shadow and followed me around everywhere I went. She'd also seek out affection from any of the other owners but didn't have any interest in playing with the other puppies. *sigh*

Hopefully next week she'll progress a bit further and want to start interacting more with the other dogs. It looks like we'll have to arrange some puppy play dates with our friends who have dogs to help her get used to the fact that there are other dogs out there in the world and that she's got to learn to play with them.

She came back from the class happy and tired, making bath time really easy this time.

As I write this post she is completely passed out and could easily sleep through the night.