The pups each had a "field trip" outdoors last night. I had to wait until the well being drilled, for new house next door stopped...and there were no thunderstorms, for once!
At this stage, when the pups are together, as part of the natural development of pack behavior, they are very much learning to take cues from eachother and the older dogs. So, to start to gauge who they are as individuals, and build their own personalities & coping skills-each one gets to have an experience on their own daily.
Aspen met the cats and was very appropriate in being friendly but not overly pushy-Mouche, my big Siamese mix has helped me socialize pups to cats for over a decade now. He loves puppies!
Ash, Moss & Cedar were more typical in their response to their first time outside. Noticed it was different, looked around, then checked out stuff. Moss was a little worried, did some stress whining and seemed like he was looking to be "saved". He did switch into play mode pretty quickly and chased a branch I dragged in front of him.
Cedar has the strongest denning/seek cover instinct, but also switched into social mode quickly and was very calm about the whole thing. Ash was very interested in checking stuff out, but had a harder time noticing me with so many distractions. They are both more go with the flow type pups.
Lily Rose was the most unfazed by it all-had no problem going outside, checking things out, started to play with the flowers as they moved in the wind, was very responsive to me socially, etc She was very relaxed the entire time-no stress whining, etc
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