Groovy did really well with the puppy mom’s, running around to say hello and greeting them all. She was rather confident for not having ever been there before, etc. She did OK in the big pool. Wasn’t petrified but wasn’t having fun either. She and I just hung out in the pool together with me holding her and letting her swim and get out on her own. There was a baby pool as well that she, Cab and Seven enjoyed playing around. Notice I said around… Seven and Cab were in and out – Groovy was pretty much just around with no real desire to get in (more on that later). The cutest though was watching little Poppy swim and seeing her tail/nubbin’ spin around like a crazy rudder… SOOO adorable.
Groovy was not comfortable when Tristan (Kathryn’s son) came out. He is 3 but a very dog savvy 3 year old (living with 6 dogs of his own). She woofed at him a little while he was in the pool and some when he was out of the pool. She would eat treats from him though which is something new for her. Normally with men and children she steers so clear of them she won’t eat treats. She even ate treats from Kathryn’s husband as well. She didn’t “like” him but was at least willing to get that close to him. That’s progress! Problems come with this progress however in that now that a little bit of her fear is gone she is what I *think* is curious and aroused by small children. Not a good combo of all three feelings for a little 15 week old brain to deal with… fear + slight curiosity + arousal… gonna have to work out a plan in that regard for sure. The good news is though that she was willing to do behaviors and play with the other dogs with both of them around.
The puppies played for around 2 hours with very little resting. We were amazed. It was actually not hot out (due to continual threatening rain – though luckily it never actually rained). I think the pups were enjoying the reprieve from the heat. It was fun to watch little Poppy do a body dive on top of the pile of 2 aussies and a BC – all of which were more than twice her size. No fear in that little one! I’m not sure that Bev thought it was as fun to watch! :)
After the playtime at Kathryn’s I took Groovy over to our friend Sally’s house who lives literally just 5 minutes away. Groovy and Tex love each other so I figured it was a good chance for her to go somewhere else new and have fun. Turns out she was a little too tired to hang with Tex (no surprise after her busy morning) so we only let them play for a short little while. After Tex went back in the house Sal got some treats and coaxed Groovy into her baby pool. It worked! Not that I hadn’t tried that several weeks ago at Kelli’s but Sal must have good pool kharma! After that Sal and I stood around talking while Groovy explored her small yard that has the pool in it. I actually watched Groovy get bored/run out of ways to entertain herself. She NEVER gets “bored” in our fenced in backyard which I guess is a testament to how distracting the place is thanks to all the woodland animals that come through. It didn’t take long though and Groovy began entertaining herself with the zoomies which promptly included jumping in and out of the pool and biting the water. It was SO hilarious and Sal and I were laughing out loud watching her antics – of all the times to not have my digital or video camera! I guess Groovy finally figured out the fun of water and why her brother Seven is so obsessed with it! I guess I better get a baby pool before the “season” is over!
Groovy spent MUCH of the rest of the day sleeping with a little bit more playing in our yard with our dogs and finding ways to get in trouble in the den while Jack and I watched the last episode of Dexter. I thought it’d be good to have her hang just with us and just chill. No other dogs… no real activity going on. Well needless to say we had to pause several times to remove things from her mouth – things we didn’t even know were in the den (AKA “The Mancave”)! She is definitely a 15 week old pup through and through! :)
Below are some pics of her from Saturday evening… Enjoy!
Groovy head
Groovy butt
Groovy "killing" her toy
Shake it!! (and that rubber heart is pretty darn heavy)
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