Greeting Grown Ups

An important part of socialization for puppies, as important as hanging out with other dogs their age, is spending time with adult dogs. Because we've been dog sitting several past foster dogs over the past couple weeks Juniper and Mesquite have been getting lots of practice and are being pretty respectful of their elders. And when they get too rambunctious the adults have no problem telling them to calm down.

Mesquite meeting former foster boy Hobbs

Juniper saying hi to Hobbs

Mesquite, deciding whether or not it would be worth it to pounce on old Tilly. He's been told off by Tilly before so he thought better of it and went looking for his sister instead.

Juniper showing off her appropriate dog greeting skills

So far along with all the dogs they've met at work with me, they've met Tilly, Frodo, Salinas, Chima, Langley Hobbs, and Willow at our home and had play time with these dogs. Langley was a bit overwhelming to them since he would run over the top of them. Salinas thinks they kind of look like little bunnies when they do their hoppy runs around the yard and can't stop herself from chasing them so they steer clear of her as well and we keep Sal distracted when the pups are loose. But all the other dogs they've gotten along great with and have handled any corrections from the grown up dogs well, always coming back with a couple muzzle licks to show submission and then running off to play elsewhere.

Good puppies!