Magill's First Day

Magill spent most of Sunday in the car for the 2nd day of his transport so by the time he got to us he was ready to go, go, go!

Most of my Magill photos look like this. Little dude is NEVER still so getting photos is a challenge unless he stops to pee or sleep.

He explored every corner of the yard at puppy pace (i.e. full speed) and sometimes his body is moving so fast his legs can't keep up so he somersaults and then is up and off again. The other dogs, ages ranging from 6 to 13 years, are less than impressed by him. Frodo and Sal did their best to just avoid him. Chima immediately yelled at him to chill out when he ran into her and Magill decided to avoid her when possible. Rigby seems to be having the roughest time though. He bounced around a lot before coming into foster care and gets really clingy with his humans. We had a bit of him trying to resource guard me - nothing major but he clearly is struggling with having to share me.

The tan boys: Frodo, Magill and Rigby - Magill did great meeting the boys and took a liking to Rigby initially, although Rigby is not especially fond of him

Trying to hang out with Rigby

Introductory sniffs

First impressions: Magill is a high energy, busy puppy who is going to need an active home willing to walk him, play with him and take him to puppy kindergarten. He is crazy smart and very much loves to please people so training will be a joy and will be a wonderful way to keep this intelligent little guy's brain busy. He is really confident, not shy at all with new people and pretty good with other dogs. We did have some resource guarding of his crate area (he wasn't in it but Rigby was sniffing at it) and he and Rigby have both been resource guarding me from each other so we'll be working on that. He will need a home without shared walls because he can be vocal when he feels he isn't getting his way.

Meeting the girls

Poor guy - this inspection was overwhelming so I made them give him a break

Magill sneaking in for a stealth sniff - he found both Chima and Sal a bit intimidating 

Bottom line is he is a great dog but one that really needs humans who will put the time into keeping him active, engaged, and learning new things.