Smart pet in Petsmart

I am proud to say that Frodo was very good at the petsmart store today! Since we live on a farm we rarely see people or dogs so he needed a refresher socialization. We brought Ixxi as companionship and just stood around and waited for him to get comfortable, feeding him treats like a food dispenser. And from being tense to paying attention to me and sitting on command, and letting a worker there pass him on short range without being alarmed in 20 minutes, he did great! I need to do this more often but I am sure he will become a really all-round amazing dog when this is fixed.

And Apache, wow. I spent time with him in the basement for some cuddles and decided to finish up my dinner, salmon. He was so good at giving me space (I eat with the food in my lap) and not trying to snatch or anything, so I gave him a tiny piece. And what I discovered was that salmon is the key to his inner puppy! He wagged the tail like he was going to take off like a helicopter, he licked me like crazy, crawled up on me higher than ever before and touching my face with his head, rolled over on his back while still ontop of me, and still wagged the tail like crazy. I have had him almost three years and I have never seen him act this puppylike! It is amazing that I still find out more and more things about this wonderful little dog!

And the cutest thing of them all... the noises he made! I have never heard those noises either. I feel like I have finally worked up his "minus" meter of insecurities and up on the plus side where his personality shows through more than ever before! And it feels like this is just the beginning. Very exciting!