I had a long day in the field today, leaving Shelly to rescue Nico from his crate mid-day. She gave him a satisfactory grade for his behavior while at the office with her. She also said he exceeded her expectations, which means she rightfully had low expectations. This was Nico’s first time being in a work environment. We hope it won’t be his last.
Mary Caruso, one of the wonderful people that follows along with Nico's journey, sent him this beautiful fleece blanket a little while back. We held off on letting him lay on it because he was in a blanket shredding phase. Now that he has only a couple of baby teeth left the chewing is subsiding. This is now his couch blanket, we are working on training him that he is allowed on this, but not the bare couch. He loves the blanket and occasionally starts to chew on the tassels at the edges but so far it has survived. 🙂 Thanks Mary!
Nico was like a kid coming back from vacation with their parents that can't wait to see their friends. He played with our neighbor's dog, Wilson, this morning and then had a good play session with Chester and Kismet this afternoon. If we can keep up the socialization for the next several months he should be excellent with other dogs his whole life.
