Karen P's Blog (3)

Today I took to Chewie to an animal shelter event and it did not go well. There were lots of other dogs which means tons of distractions. First of all, I know that a fairly well trained dog in my home is not the same as a well trained dog in any situation. But today it was like Chewie had never been taught any commands at all. It was really pretty embarrassing. He would not even sit for me. It was like he was in another world. I got so frustrated that we did not stay very long. I believe…

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I decided today was the day that I was going to take Chewie to his first indoor dog park. He has been to doggie daycare a couple of times and loved it. So I thought we were ready for the next social outing. I was wrong. Chewie is 5 months old and weighs 25 lbs. So really he was too little for the big dog room. All of the dogs were German Shepard size or larger !! So we went to the small dog room. Well there was this little Shitz Zu (sp?) that he would not leave alone. He was just playing but… Continue

Today is Chewie's first day of puppy daycare. I hope he is having a good time. I felt almost like it was my son's first day of daycare!! I hope the other puppies are being nice to him. I would hate for him to be picked on. He is so submissive around other dogs. I always want to jump in at puppy class and "protect" my baby. But I understand that he needs to learn to play with other dogs to be a socially well rounded adult dog. Thanks for listening. I was sitting here wondering how his day was… Continue