In fact, it was very straight forward. Finlay of course wanted to jump all over Dream who ducked and dived and stood her ground, but after a short period Finlay calmed down and they walked together like they'd known each other for years. It is really good practice for Finlay to be able to interact with dogs like this, and be told in no uncertain terms by other dogs when he is being too full on. Dream is around 7 years old and did give Finlay a bit of leeway due to him being a puppy, but was fine with him. We only walk a short way with Dream before I cut off and make our way home. Although Finlay would happily walk 5 miles a day, he is too young to be marching off too far. So he is carried part way home to protect his growing bones.....much to his disgust!
Finlay loves going out for his walks, we've seen TV programmes where dogs refuse to walk, but no such problems with our pup. He just zooms off. He is getting to the point now where sniffs are becoming interesting, he stops at lamp-posts and he knows he should be doing something, he just hasn't figured out what yet!
In case you haven't ever come across a puppy at the peak of his 'puppiness', have a look at this video. We have seen this numerous times with Finlay, his excess energy has to come out somewhere, this was him at lunchtime burning off some adrenaline.
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