I had an lovely email in the week, letting me know how the first little lady to leave was getting along. It has been 3 weeks of taking out in arms, and now finally they can all get on the floor in public places, start lead training on the streets, get enrolled in puppy classes, and generally cause havoc.....
But I loved this description of their walk along the beach, as after a high tide, it is a clean and safe place for a pup to walk by the shoreline.
We took her for her first just-after-high-tide beach walk this week. She was beside herself with excitement. It was a stormy evening, and the beach was deserted. Then suddenly a pack of kids came charging across the beach- when they made it to us we chatted to the adults and it turned out the kids were from a special needs school in London, on a holiday here to provide some respite for their parents. They asked if they could stroke her and Marmalade was incredible with them all- they were about 7 or 8 years old, and she snuggled and fussed all of them. We were so engrossed that we didn't notice a big wave come in and all of us ended up soaked, with water up to our shins! Although she was a little startled, she was fine when the next wave rolled in and cautiously kept trotting to the shore line to dip her toe in.
The other pups too are sending me regular updates, and all are confident, happy little pups.
Finny had a busy day yesterday, shopping in the high street, people watching at a cafe, and a twilight concert orchestra . Nothing seems to bother her, and the more experiences a puppy is exposed to whilst still very young, increases the probabilities of having a calm and confident companion when older.
But I loved this description of their walk along the beach, as after a high tide, it is a clean and safe place for a pup to walk by the shoreline.
We took her for her first just-after-high-tide beach walk this week. She was beside herself with excitement. It was a stormy evening, and the beach was deserted. Then suddenly a pack of kids came charging across the beach- when they made it to us we chatted to the adults and it turned out the kids were from a special needs school in London, on a holiday here to provide some respite for their parents. They asked if they could stroke her and Marmalade was incredible with them all- they were about 7 or 8 years old, and she snuggled and fussed all of them. We were so engrossed that we didn't notice a big wave come in and all of us ended up soaked, with water up to our shins! Although she was a little startled, she was fine when the next wave rolled in and cautiously kept trotting to the shore line to dip her toe in.
The other pups too are sending me regular updates, and all are confident, happy little pups.
Finny had a busy day yesterday, shopping in the high street, people watching at a cafe, and a twilight concert orchestra . Nothing seems to bother her, and the more experiences a puppy is exposed to whilst still very young, increases the probabilities of having a calm and confident companion when older.