the first dog we tried to introduce him to was our next door neighbor's dog, snooks. he's a lapso apso or something like that and seemed to be a sweet little dog. he always follows his master around, waits patiently by his side while his owner smokes his cigarette...you know, the quiet gentle type. well, when we tried to have the two meet, he sniffed owen, then growled and snapped violently at owen's face! luckily, jonathan pulled owen away in time...and owen peed himself a little. we were really upset about his first experience being such a bad one.
then our upstairs neighbor, who also has a smaller dog (she kinda looks like a mini huskey or something), was taking his dog out while i had owen out trying to go potty. she came running down the stairs, tore around the corner, and came right for little helpless owen. she was just really excited...no harm meant at all. but, of course, owen peed himself again.
so needless to say, owen was in need of a good doggie experience. i've read that its really important to socialize your dog with as many people and dogs as possible within three months of age. so the woman and i set up a playdate with our dogs and i had my fingers crossed he'd have a good time.
we arrived and, of course, everyone fell in love with how adorable and soft he was. we introduced him to the other boys (both 1.5 years, and about 15 pounds...which is on the larger side for the breed). owen was extremely shy. he hid by my side and kept trying to crawl up into my arms to escape sniffs and licks from the others.
after about 15 minutes, owen left my side and was willing to be scooped up in the new strangers arms, giving them little kisses. he then approached jackson and pablo and exchanged little bats with his paws at the others.
then, they were off! all four pounds of little owen did his best to keep up...and in play got his entire head soaked from the other dog's slobber.
can you tell his head is all wet?
well, i'm really glad that maryam had an awesome camera. you can really tell that owen had fun when you look at these pictures. jackson (the gray/white dog) was smitton with owen, who seemed drawn to pablo (black), who apparently was like the "cool kid" who just did his own thing.
running pictures are the best...i love them!!!
i snatched owen up for a few minutes to let him get some rest...these would be perfect if owen didn't look so messy!
when owen finally tuckered out, we went inside, where he crashed. even in sleep, jackson still wouldn't leave owen's side. he was a bit obsessive!
following this shot was owen's first car ride where he didn't whine the whole way. this is because he was unconscious! oh, how much easier things are when the puppy takes a nap!
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