Today was Roxy's first day of puppy training! What fun we all had.
Every week for the next four weeks, we'll spend one hour every Thursday with four other puppies in Puppy Kindergarten. Today was spent allowing the five puppies enrolled in the class to run around and play together, on a short walk down the block for a bathroom break and then forcing each puppy to lay on their back while we handled them in all kinds of weird ways to get them used to being handled differently (i.e. for when they go to the vet, etc). This will help ensure they don't get scared when people pick them up, grab or hold them in ways that they are not used to and ensure they don't bit the person doing this to them.
Roxy was the perfect puppy throughout the whole class! Even though she hadn't been around other dogs / puppies except for at the breeder's, she ran right up to Lulu, a lab puppy that arrived at the same time and they played together the entire time. Though the lab was younger, she was bigger than Roxy but that didn't scare Roxy away. Two of the five dogs were pretty reserved but Roxy did her fair share of playing and was dead tired by the time we got home. She was in heaven.
Roxy held her own against Lulu.
Go Roxy! Show Lulu who's boss.
Not even this scared Roxy away.
We're looking forward to next week! And in the meantime, we can't wait for Saturday - she gets her last shot and we'll be able to start going for walks!
After puppy class, Corey's mom, dad and his dad's friend Jim came over to go to dinner at La Isla with us. Corey's dad was in town on the way to a conference in Portland next week and his friend Jim, who also lives in Butte, came along to visit family over here. We had a delicious dinner and then Jim and Curtis were able to meet Roxy for the first time. She loved them!
Jim, Roxy and Curtis (getting a puppy kiss).
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