Blueroses
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Well Jacob and his owners ( my closest friends ) stayed over the weekend. A first outing for him, and vaccinations ( plus one week ) now completed on both, a first meeting of big puppy little puppy !
At first the Dobi was very frightened ( yes the Dobi ) but then again he was on unfamiliar territory, meeting new people and another dog for the first time. Alfie went ' Yippeeeeee a playmate !' then proceeded to chase Jacob all around the garden. After a while of keeping things under control, they both went for a nap. On waking, the tables turned and Jacob chased Alfie. This time Alfie was scared and kept hiding in the bushes. We put them both on leads and let them sniff and suss each other out. After a while and over a couple of days, a balance was struck. They followed each other around and wanted to play. The only problem was that Alfie in typical cavalier fashion, wanted to leap and prance all over Jacob, nipping his ears and nose whilst wagging his tail like it might come off! Naturally Jacob would only stand so much of this and then he took nips at Alfie. I was terrified to be honest but they were kept on leads and corrected if it all got a bit much. I thought Alfie would back off after a few nips but nooooooo.... he yelped loudly, then went in for more. Jacob has huge jaws and I was extremely worried, but Alfie wouldn't leave him alone. On a couple of occasions Jacob got a bit rough and I hated seeing him grab chunks of Alfie They will meet again at Dobi's house next weekend ( worried face
) I so want them to grow up together and be friends but we are 125 miles apart so they will only meet up every 3 weeks. What do you all think?
First introduction
Then the rough stuff started
All tuckered out
Later that evening
At first the Dobi was very frightened ( yes the Dobi ) but then again he was on unfamiliar territory, meeting new people and another dog for the first time. Alfie went ' Yippeeeeee a playmate !' then proceeded to chase Jacob all around the garden. After a while of keeping things under control, they both went for a nap. On waking, the tables turned and Jacob chased Alfie. This time Alfie was scared and kept hiding in the bushes. We put them both on leads and let them sniff and suss each other out. After a while and over a couple of days, a balance was struck. They followed each other around and wanted to play. The only problem was that Alfie in typical cavalier fashion, wanted to leap and prance all over Jacob, nipping his ears and nose whilst wagging his tail like it might come off! Naturally Jacob would only stand so much of this and then he took nips at Alfie. I was terrified to be honest but they were kept on leads and corrected if it all got a bit much. I thought Alfie would back off after a few nips but nooooooo.... he yelped loudly, then went in for more. Jacob has huge jaws and I was extremely worried, but Alfie wouldn't leave him alone. On a couple of occasions Jacob got a bit rough and I hated seeing him grab chunks of Alfie They will meet again at Dobi's house next weekend ( worried face
First introduction
Then the rough stuff started
All tuckered out
Later that evening