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I hope to attend at least one with Bayley but this weekend I'm working and Bayley is likeky still contagious. She only coughed once this morning though which is good and hasn't brought up any phglem. YAY!!

Thank you, Heater, Hayley and I will be there.

See you tomorrow.

Hey!
We will be heading down this morning for the social.
Not sure if anyone will read this in time.. but where is the best place to park? Im guessing most of the business around there are closed, so any of their lots would be ok!

See everyone around 9!

lots of parking around the house...see ya there

Well it looks like we had another successful playdate !
I know Keymo had a good time. He was pretty lazy for the rest of the afternoon
Glad to have seen some new dogs and met some new owners!

I think Coco did really well. We let her do her own thing and get used to other dogs coming up to her simply to say hi then leave her alone. At the end of the date you could tell she was coming out of her shell.
Maybe next time she should be the first one in the backyard, so that she can get used to the area and greet the dogs one by one as they come in.
Just a thought.

Great idea Anne ... Wendy ... get there early the next time!!! LOL

I agree with Anne, Cocoa did very well this time ... WAY TO GO WENDY !!!

I took Abby swimming afterwards and this helped her hip a bit ... she was pretty exhausted for the rest of the day too! She limped a bit last night, but this morning she was back to normal! WHEW!!! I'm not ready for a $3000 hip surgery just yet!

Thanks guys for all the support! Your dogs were great with Coco so it made it that much easier. I ask Anne what she thinks about being there first...I would have been much earlier but for some reason I had 2 phone calls as I was going out the door..
Anytime you guys want to get together to go for a walk let me know...I dont work so I am free most of the time!!

later..


wen

I had this thought about Coco being first. I think the idea would be having her and Steele there first. They were really into playing when they met, one on one. This way Coco can get some confidence building going on before other dogs get in there.
I have had a couple of dogs for daycare with Coco's same issue. Believe it or not, they have all come around. Their first few days, they sit in a corner and act all scared, timid, shy, nervous, what have you and now, they are out in the middle of the yard playing ball, mixing it up wit the others and actually, one little guy, has gotten too much confidence and is starting to lunge at bigger dogs. Whoa.

It was a really fun time for our children to get together and just be together. I am a huge believer in, dogs want to be with other dogs.
Thanks to everyone who made it out!
(The Dog House is going to be on CTV news at noon, next week!)

I also have to say, it has been really good for Einstein to be around stable dogs. He was wrongly attacked, just once. I was also working at a rescue, where they are ALL unstable and he learned to fight. It has taken some time now to rehabilitate his mental state.
I can honestly say, I am beginning to trust my dog again. Enough to go to a dog park? no...well, maybe.

The next social should be at Bruce Pit. That would look so cool, a huge mob of people and dogs. I wonder if our pack would feel impowered.

At Bruce Pit, if we were all together, people wouldn't care if there were dogs on leash. We stick together as a pack. We go in as a group and people would see that.Frankly, I've seen dogs there with muzzles on and or leashes.
No biggee. I know the dogs are being trained and it's a great environment for the dogs.
Once I saw a dog on leash with a muzzle and I can't count how many times I heard the owner say "leave it" every time the dog started to growl.
Hey - if that's what it takes to teach your dog - fine, whatever, way to go for TRAINING !

There is one area I'm thinking of, that is away from the main paths, nice and grassy and open, where it could be nice to have our dogs socialize. Yes, it's in an off leash area , but I rarely see anyone way off in that area.
There are as well paths where your dog must be leashed, so we could all leash up and walk around there as well.
BOY - would the dogs ever be tiered it takes us about 45 minutes to walk the trail at a decent speed.

My only other suggestion would be to get there EARLY in the morning. Like at 7:30. There are better dog owners there at that time of day, especially on a weekend.

ps- letting Cocoa be the first one in the backyard at The Dog House was actually my hubbie's idea. Gotta give him credit. He wonders where the other men are though

Oh my gosh!! Cocoa snuck out the door and took off down the street after some dogs. fortunately it was Steele and another dog she met at the daycare on Sunday. Also, there was a new dog..Roxy, Things were going really well and then she snapped at Roxy...poor Roxy she was trying to get away from Cocoa. I managed to grab her by her butt and yelled "leave it" she calmed a bit but I felt so bad. She was doing so well. It seems that more than one dog at a time is intimidating to her. what do you guys think?? Thank god it was at least someone I knew and Roxy seems ok, no damage.

argggh!

wen in Ottawa