01/11/2024
🐾🐾 Bailey, Charlie, Gracie, and Maisie came out with me this morning. Bailey and Charlie loved each other - you can see in the photos that Charlie was really nicely play bowing to Bailey, inviting him to play together.
Gracie and Charlie had a fantastic time using sticks for tug of war and splashing together in the sea.
I made sure that Maisie didn’t feel overwhelmed as the dogs in the group are much bigger than the ones she usually walks with. She took the new group in her stride but definitely left the more boisterous playing to the retrievers!
Towards the end of the walk, everyone started to get a bit hyper, which impacted the quality of their interactions with each other. So I separated them off and did a few minutes of steadiness training with each of them to help calm everyone down for a really nice walk back to the van. 🐾🐾