And Play Bow to Your Partner

Ella played with another dog today! She's 18 months old, and this is the first time we've seen her actually play (not just sniff and wander) with another dog! Oh, apart from Jack. He's not a dog, he's her brother, heh.

She's always been very timid (bad socialisation before we got her) so to see her actually relax, then confidently walk up to the other puppy and play bow brought tears to my eyes. She's come so far from the petrified puppy who would scream, wee and poo herself at anything new.

It's been a lot of hard but fun work getting her to this point. We've been getting out and about a lot with them both to show them that the big, bad world is... well, still big from their perspective, but not always bad! In the last month alone they've been to:

• Petbarn
• New Farm Park
• Wynnum esplanade
• The Brisbane River on a nice long walk
• Mt Gravatt Lookout
• Nanna's and Granny's
• Lots of different dog parks (after sussing out to make sure they're suitable for our stress head girl)

Whew!