Daisy had her first day at the dog park today! In the morning, she and I ran errands and then ended the day on a nice walk through the dog park in Thousand Oaks.
In the morning she started out a bit insecure with the car ride even though we have traveled together before. She was panting and shaking a bit unfamiliar with the ride and where we were going. By the end of our errands a couple hours later though, she was relaxing with her head on the passenger seat and at times looking out the window and everything going by! With the window cracked, her little nose was sniffing all of the hundreds of smells outside! What curiousity and happiness!
In the house Daisy is very comfortable now, she comes when called of course (when there are treats) and always wants to be part of the mix. Comfortable at home, I still wasn't sure how she would be out in public, but to my surprise she was "tentatively" friendly with everyone that wanted to pet her and walked around the whole day in and out of the stores with her tail up and wagging (and of course loved the food treats we ate during the day together!)
After all my errands were done, to the dog park we went. I had stopped at home to get another member of our pack to lead the way for her at the park, and she followed him all over from the minute we got there to the minute we left. No hesitation to leave my side, and when a bit insure came running back...
She was definitely curious, smelled each tree and each bench - she actually went up close enough to smell some stranger's ankles! Not close enough to be pet, but a good start! Tired and exercized out, we came home after about an hour at the park and she is now curled up on her bed catching some zzz's...
Good day for Daisy, what progress!
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