Hangin' with the grown ups

Since Juniper has moved to her new home, Mesquite is the only puppy in the house. He's actually taking it much better than I expected he might, keeping himself busy with toys and chews. But since one puppy is much less obnoxious for the adult dogs to deal with than 3 puppies, he's been getting to spend more time with the grown up doggies.

Just hanging out and keeping tabs on what's going on in the kitchen

As long as interaction is carefully supervised, I don't think there can be any better learning experience for a young puppy than to hang out with some adult dogs who have a good dog to dog social skills. While Chima and Salinas are quite leery of new humans, their social skills with other dogs are pretty great. Of course, everyone has a limit to their patience so I try to make sure they get plenty of puppy-free time.

Muzzle licks are Mesquite's specialty

Mesquite does a pretty good job and will eventually listen to Sal and Chima, but sometimes the girls will have to ramp it up to a growl or even a pin if he's not listening to them tell him to take it down a notch. These are great lessons for our little puppy boy and he is good at showing them he heard them loud and clear by giving them a muzzle lick or at times rolling on his back or crouching down low.

"I come in puppy peace!"

He's a great little puppy though, and learns quickly. He's going to be a spectacular furry friend.