First Play Date

Our Boston Terrier Tug still isn't out meeting and greeting in public yet since the vet suggested he needed his last shots first. So, he still rides in the cart at the pet store but doesn't mind since EVERYONE who sees him asks if they can pet him.

Yesterday, a neighbor's daughter came to visit and brought her 4 1/2 month old Boston Terrier for Tug's first play date! Now, Tug is one of the smaller sized Bostons which means he probably won't be bigger than his 15 lb. daddy. The visitor, however, is one of the bigger sized and so is about twice Tug's size. We put the dreaded leash on Tug just to be able to control him since our fear was that he'd be aggressive. Foolishness. Tug was petrified. He kept hiding behind Mama's legs. I sat on the floor with the friendly visitor and petted him. As long as he didn't look at Tug then Tug wasn't scared. Tug even came within three feet of the visitor while sitting on my lap but when looked at he retreated back to Mama's feet. We definitely need to socialize him better and plan to meet up with the visitor and his older brother at a local paw park (the brother is a year and about 30 lbs which is pretty big considering Tug isn't even 10 lbs yet). Poor Tug, he just felt overwhelmed and the poor visitor just couldn't understand why they weren't playing together. He was very confused. (sigh)

Hopefully, we can start him on obedience classes after his next shots so we can socialize him and get a better grasp on how to train him. Right now, he trains us as much as we train him!