Sunday, July 22, 2007

Weekend of Fun and Progress

Coco had a weekend full of fun and excitement. Her "weekend" began on Thursday with another of her puppy kindergarten classes. This time she did really well and actually started to socialize more with the other puppies. Instead of instantly running to a human for attention and affection she also started to feel out the other puppies. She started to sniff at the other puppies and start following them around. She did much better at this class with the socialization with other puppies.

On Friday she met several new human friends. They all thought she was adorable and she lapped up the attention. She enjoyed the smells of BBQ and ran around to each person asking for more affection.



On Saturday she met a chihuahua, Bee. The chihuahua and her actually did quite well together (it probably helped that they were the same size.) Coco kept sniffing at Bee and wanting to play with him. When we put her in her crate she'd whine because she wanted to explore more of Bee. When the two of them were put in the crate together they'd take opposite corners of one another and alternate between smelling one another and pretending the other didn't exist. She did very well with him and kept trying to get him to play with her.
Coco and Bee Photos



Sunday was her best day. She met another Maltese, Sadie, and the two of them did really well together. They were like two peas in a pod. They'd constantly follow one another and had a ball. They played just like the bigger dogs do, constantly running around and playing together. They had a terrific morning/afternoon together and were sad one the play date had to end. Even though they'd never met prior to today, they bonded instantly. We left the two of them together when we went out to get lunch and I don't think they missed us at all.
Coco and Sadie Photos

Coco is currently passed out due to all the activity she had today. She ran around more today than she has ever run before. Tomorrow, after a good night's rest, she'll be back to her normal high energy level.

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