Riley's First Puppy Play Date

[Yvonne, Riley, Murphy and Luca]

I took Riley to his first puppy play date today. I have been looking around the neighborhood for other puppies or dogs for him to play with but my neighbors all seem to have anti-social dogs that "don't like other dogs". Huh, I wonder how that happened?

Anyway.... I found that Petco has puppy play dates on Saturday mornings for an hour, so I took him today. He had a BLAST! He played with about 13 other puppies, all kinds and sizes but for some reason he was drawn to two Goldendoodles. One was 7 months and the other was just about his age of 13 weeks. Strange how they found each other and were like a little pack of puppies.

I have been looking for some dog parks to take him to, but with the weather it really hasn't been something that would work out yet. I thought this was a great alternative.

We had a great day, and I am looking forward to taking him back next Saturday.

[Yvonne, Riley, Murphy and Luca]

He has been asleep for 3 hours now, so I think it wore him out.

[Kyoko]

That was so nice!! I am so glad Riely had a great time with new frineds!
In my area, the local no kill shelter sponsors puppy play group as their fundraiser. I took Charlie once, and she was afraid of larger puppies....The trainer suggested I try bringing her to the small dog social until she gets little biger, so that she will not be fearful of other dogs. I should call Petco near me and ask if they do the puppy play group, too! Thanks for the info!