Saturday, November 7, 2015

First Public Appearance


Cowboy slept all night long last night!  Wow – I was expecting to have to get up at least four times, but was pleasantly surprised.  I think it’s mostly because he was so worn out from the drive to Missoula.  I’m hoping that he’ll sleep like this every night but I think I knew better…


I had already planned a Holiday Craft Market for today, and had gotten permission to take him along and had loaded the car last night.  This morning I put Kizzy in her kennel and Cowboy in the crate in the car, and off we went.  Got everything set up at my booth, and then brought him and the crate in and set it down in the back of the booth.  Thankfully it’s a good sized space so that even though he was way back against the wall he could still see what was going on.


Lots of people noticed him and I did allow a few of them to pet him.  It was great socialization for him and he met some small children too.  Some friends came by and took him outside for a little while – which was also very good.  He needs to get used to someone other than me working with him because when I start competing in agility I may need someone else to run him - so he needs to get used to that now.


He had a few short bouts of “I don’t want to be in this crate anymore!” – mostly whining but a few barks, but other than that he did great all day.


He and Kizzy seemed to feel more comfortable with each other this evening and they even played a little bit, but he was so tuckered out that he didn’t play very hard! 

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