Mako went home for an overnight visit with Jessie. He had just had a rowdy play session with his brothers and sisters, so he settled in quietly in his kennel for the ride to Jessie's house. When he got there, he didn't see any sense of urgency in leaving the kennel, so he continued to nap with the door open for a while. When Jess put her dog's dinner down a sense of urgency was born and Mako came truckin' out of the kennel and dove into Rebel's bowl to help himself. Rebel was quite the amiable host and let the little upstart eat his dinner! Rebel is Stoker's cousin and is an intact 2-1/2 year old boy - very sweet.
Mako made friends with both Rebel and Jessie's Golden Tory and followed them up and down the steps into Jessie's back yard for potty breaks.
When Jess put baby Mako into his kennel for the night, he cried for about 5 minutes and then slept through the night with no more complaints. I picked him up at Jessie's work on Tuesday morning around 6:30 and he was behind the counter exploring.
Mako went for another trip with my friend Sarah today. Sarah is a teacher and Mako got to keep her company at work today. He met LOTS of kids and, in Sarah's estimation, probably met his "100 people by 3 months" goal already. Sarah's kids were practicing for a theatre production and some of them were dressed in scary costumes. Sarah reports that Mako took it all in stride and was a big hit with the kids.
My friend CJ took Hammy for an afternoon. Ham got to ride in his crate in the car for a couple of hours while CJ went to an appointment. CJ's Malinois young Seeker stayed in the car with baby Hammy and showed him how big boys are quiet and calm in their kennels. Hammy took a while to adsorb the lesson, but was quiet by the time CJ headed home. Upon arriving home, Hammy exercised his vocal cords and his "jumping up" skills in a futile attempt to get CJ to pick him up and lavish attention on him. The lesson learned (or started in the teaching) was that pushy, stressy puppies don't get picked up and cuddled with. After trying this behavior for an hour or so, Hammy got tired and decided to take a nap. As soon as he lay quietly at her feet for a minute, Hammy was rewarded with some lap time and a nice puppy/human nap.
Hammy did not have any potty accidents in CJs house and won over both Seeker and CJ's German Shepherd Journey with his puppy antics. CJ reports that Seeker was very cute with Hammy and laid on the floor to gently entice him to play. Seeker also escorted Hammy out on the deck to enjoy the great outdoors.
Tonight, Blue has gone for a visit with Jessie. I'll give you Blue's report (s0 far) in Jessie's own words. Jess even sent a photo of Blue.
"She came stomping out of her kennel with her tail over her back (after I waited for her to stop caterwauling) and promptly told the big dogs off. She then took a nice long nap, went outside and went potty with the big dogs than everybody had dinner of beef hearts with mixed vegtables and pumpkin.
She is very curious of the big dogs and follows them everywhere. They however don't know quite what to do with her. She is very outgoing and she has a mind and will of her own. She is not content to sit and watch the world pass her by. She is very much in the mode of 'making things happen'."
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